Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 11/28/1995

Commonwealth v. Jones

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668 A.2d 114
542 Pa. 418
1995 Pa. LEXIS 1271

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affidavit's evidence of continuing drug operation coupled with confidential informant's statement that he \has just\ observed contraband was not insufficient merely because affidavit did not contain a specific date
“The totality of circumstances test was adopted to do away with rigid, precise determinations of probable cause.”
\An affidavit must set forth sufficient facts from which the time frame that criminal activities occurred can be determined so that probable cause exists when the search warrant is issued.\
affidavit’s evidence of continuing drug operation coupled with confidential informant’s statement that he “has just” observed contraband was not insufficient merely because affidavit did not contain a specific date
“An affidavit must set forth sufficient facts from which the time frame that criminal activities occurred can be determined so that probable cause exists when the search warrant is issued.”

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Judges: Nix, Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Montemuro, Rule, Administration

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