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COM. v. STANLEY

498 Pa. 326 (1982)

446 A.2d 583

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Paul STANLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, for appellant.

Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ.

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

This case presents several issues: (1) whether appellant's Fourth Amendment rights were violated when police (armed with an arrest warrant) entered a third-party's apartment, arrested appellant, and seized his revolver; (2) whether appellant's Fourth Amendment rights were violated when the police failed to announce their purpose prior to breaking into the apartment; (3) whether appellant violated 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 907(a) (possessing...

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