COMMONWEALTH v. LAWRENCE

No. 801 C.D. 1989.

4 Pa. D. & C. 4th 659 (1990)

Commonwealth v. Lawrence

Common Pleas Court of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

February 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry J. Russo, assistant district attorney, for the commonwealth.

Thomas A. Thornton, for defendant.


DOWLING, J., February 20, 1990.

What are the parameters within which a valid search warrant permits the police to investigate a suspect and his property, when the specific focus of the search is outside the precise limits of the warrant?

The facts are comparatively simple. Defendant was stopped while driving away from his residence, one mile from his home, by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms of the U.S. Treasury Department, who...

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