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COMMONWEALTH v. WRIGHT

411 Pa. 81 (1963)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Wright.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 16, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlen Specter, Assistant District Attorney, with him Louis F. McCabe, Assistant District Attorney, F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., First Assistant District Attorney, and James C. Crumlish, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Martin Vinikoor, with him Marvin S. Baker, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN and O'BRIEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, April 16, 1963:

The Commonwealth appeals from an order of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Philadelphia County, granting the petition of the defendant, Walter Wright, under indictment for murder, to suppress certain money evidence allegedly obtained through an illegal search and seizure.

The relevant facts may be stated thusly: On October 26, 1961, at about 3:15 a.m., an armed robbery...

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