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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 9/27/2006

Commonwealth v. Sanchez

Citations

  • 907 A.2d 477
  • 589 Pa. 43
  • 2006 Pa. LEXIS 1833

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  • determining that investigation corroborated the information that police received from an unnamed witness supporting a reasonable inference that the witness had knowledge of the crime
  • holding “[i]nformation received from an informant whose reliability is not established may be sufficient to create probable cause where there is some independent corroboration by police of the informant’s information.”
  • determining that investigation corroborated the information that police received from a witness who was unnamed in the affidavit of probable cause, supporting a reasonable inference that the witness had knowledge of the crime
  • noting where the trial court functions as fact-finder, “appellate courts (Footnote Continued Next Page
  • “information received from an informant whose reliability is not established may be sufficient to create probable cause where there is some independent corroboration by police of the informant's information”
  • “information received from an informant whose reliability is not established may be sufficient to create probable cause where there is some independent corroboration by police of the informant's information”

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Judges: Cappy, Castille, Newman, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Nigro

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