COM. v. REESE


520 Pa. 29 (1988)

549 A.2d 909

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Timothy Scott REESE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Giebus, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellant. Frank W. Nocito, Wilkes-Barre, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The question presented in this case is whether the search of a jacket found on a chair in an apartment, belonging to a visitor (Appellee) to the apartment, was included within the scope of a warrant to search the apartment for drugs and other contraband.

Members of the Pennsylvania State Police, Drug Law Enforcement Division, obtained a search warrant for 93 Main Street, Apt. D in Luzerne, Pennsylvania. The warrant...

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