COMMONWEALTH v. MORRISON

No. 842 of 1980.

18 Pa. D. & C. 3d 442 (1981)

Commonwealth v. Morrison

Common Pleas Court of York County, Pennsylvania.

March 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. Christopher Menges, Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth.

R. Bruce Evanick, Assistant Public Defender, for defendant.


CASSIMATIS, J., March 11, 1981.

This is before the court for disposition of defendant's motion for suppression of evidence obtained in a search of defendant's purse.

The facts are as follows. Defendant was arrested by a store security guard for shoplifting (retail theft). She was taken to a back room and told to empty her purse. Before she complied, however, she took something from her purse and put it in her back pocket. The search of the purse revealed...

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