COM. v. RIVERA


448 Pa.Super. 631 (1996)

672 A.2d 830

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Maria M. RIVERA, Appellee. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Angel SANCHEZ, Appellee. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. JJ. BRICENO-RODRIGUEZ, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed February 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Iva C. Dougherty, Assistant District Attorney, Reading, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Franklin W. Noll, III, Reading, for Rivera, appellee.

Lawrence J. Hracho, Reading, for Sanchez, appellee.

Emmanuel H. Dimitriou, Reading, for Briceno-Rodriguez, appellee.

Before BECK, POPOVICH and HOFFMAN, JJ.


POPOVICH, Judge.

This is an appeal from the order granting appellees' motions to suppress and requests for habeas corpus relief on December 6, 1994, in the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County. The Commonwealth appeals and raises the following two issues: Whether the lower court erred in concluding that the legality of the canine sniff conducted in California must be evaluated on the basis of Pennsylvania law; and whether the canine sniff conducted in the instant...

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