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· 6/13/1980

Commonwealth v. Prokopchak

Citations

  • 420 A.2d 1335
  • 279 Pa. Super. 284
  • 1980 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2674

How courts have described this case

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  • holding there was a sufficient showing to justify a nighttime search warrant because an informant told the affiant the defendant often would return home with marijuana and the same third party would remove the marijuana the same or following night
  • holding there was a sufficient showing to justify a nighttime search warrant because an informant told the affiant the defendant often would return home with marijuana and the same third party would remove the marijuana the same or following night
  • finding reasonable cause for a nighttime search when officer had information that defendant was carrying a large amount of marijuana and a co-conspirator was coming that night or the next day to take his share
  • finding reasonable cause for a nighttime search when officer had information that defendant was carrying a large amount of marijuana and a co-conspirator was coming that night or the next day to take his share
  • information corroborated by police surveillance of defendant’s home revealing drug activity

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Judges: Price, Gates, Dowling

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