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COMMONWEALTH v. JENKINS

223 Pa.Super. 176 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Jenkins, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

December 11, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen N. Lipton, with him Wallace and Lipton, for appellant.

Francis Garger, Assistant District Attorney, with him Robert L. Eberhardt, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION PER CURIAM, December 11, 1972:

Judgment of sentence affirmed.

DISSENTING OPINION BY PACKEL, J.:

Exigent circumstances permit immediate forcible entry by police to execute a search warrant, after they have announced their identity and purpose. Commonwealth v. Pugh, 223 Pa.Super. 112, 296 A.2d 864 (1972). In the instant case, the police officers, dressed in regular street clothes, announced their...

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