COM. v. MONARCH


510 Pa. 138 (1986)

507 A.2d 74

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. James G. MONARCH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver J. Lobaugh, Seneca, for appellant.

William G. Martin, Dist. Atty., Franklin, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

The issue in this case, which concerns the warrantless, nighttime arrest of appellant in his home, is whether a post-verdict motions court has the power to review its own suppression ruling when no new evidence on this question has been introduced at trial which could not have been produced at the suppression hearing. This issue arises from the apparent conflict between our rules providing for finality of suppression...

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