COMMONWEALTH v. RICHTER


791 A.2d 1181 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Karen Lee RICHTER, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Harris, Asst. Dist. Atty., Doylestown, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Lawrence E. Brinkmann, Doylestown, for appellee.

Before DEL SOLE, President Judge, CAVANAUGH, JOHNSON, HUDOCK, JOYCE, STEVENS, MUSMANNO, ORIE MELVIN, and LALLY-GREEN, JJ.


STEVENS, J.

¶ 1 This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County granting Appellee Karen Lee Richter's motion to suppress the physical evidence seized by the police. On appeal, the Commonwealth alleges that the warrantless, unannounced entry of the police into Appellee Richter's residence was warranted by exigent circumstances and the "knock and announce" rule...

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