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COM. v. SHAHEEN

257 Pa.Super. 393 (1978)

390 A.2d 1294

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Leslie SHAHEEN, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Carsia, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, P.J., and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.

HOFFMAN, Judge:

The instant appeal raises one question: whether an issuing authority1 has the power to issue a search warrant for premises outside of his magisterial district, but within the same county. We conclude that an issuing authority has such authority.

Appellant contends that because there were no extant criminal proceedings against him at the time of the search, the warrant could be issued only by an issuing authority...

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