COMMONWEALTH v. CHINEA


246 Pa.Super. 494 (1977)

371 A.2d 944

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Juan CHINEA.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 31, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Guthrie, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Reading, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Emmanuel H. Dimitriou, Reading, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


HOFFMAN, Judge:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from the lower court's order suppressing the fruits of a search conducted pursuant to an allegedly defective warrant.1 Because we agree with the Commonwealth that the defect was insubstantial, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

On November 18, 1975, Officer Terry K. Wagner of the Reading Police Department, Vice Control Division, applied to District Magistrate Patsy...

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