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COM. v. McDONNELL

512 Pa. 172 (1986)

516 A.2d 329

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Dennis Alan McDONNELL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Alan Keefer, Dist. Atty., Gettysburg, for appellant.

Walton V. Davis, Gettysburg, for appellee.

Stuart Suss, Asst. Dist. Atty., West Chester, amicus curiae, for Pa. Dist. Atty's. Ass'n.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

The Commonwealth appeals by allowance a Superior Court order, 343 Pa.Super. 614, 494 A.2d 482, affirming Adams County Common Pleas' order granting appellee's pre-trial motion for suppression of evidence. The trial court found that police officers executing a valid search warrant failed to comply with Pa.R.Crim.P. 2007, the so-called "knock and announce" rule, when they entered an unlocked porch to knock on the door...

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