1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Pa.Super.
  4. 223 Pa.Super.
  5. 223 Pa.Super. 112 (1972)
 

COMMONWEALTH v. PUGH

223 Pa.Super. 112 (1972)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Pugh.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

November 16, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, with him Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Lenard H. Sigal, for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, CERCONE, and PACKEL, JJ.

OPINION BY PACKEL, J., November 16, 1972:

Forcible entry to execute a search warrant is permissible if the police have announced their identity and purpose and given the inhabitants a reasonable opportunity to open the door. Commonwealth v. Newman, 429 Pa. 441, 240 A.2d 795 (1968). Exigent circumstances permit an immediate breaking into a premises if the officer with a search warrant has reasonable grounds to believe that he...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases