COM. v. CHAMBERS


528 Pa. 403 (1991)

598 A.2d 539

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Cheryl Benita CHAMBERS, Appellee. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Robert W. CHAMBERS, Jr., Appellee. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Rebecca KIRKLAND, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Claire C. Capristo, Deputy Dist. Atty., Kemal A. Mericli, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for Com.

Michael D. Sayles, Philadelphia, for Cheryl Benita Chambers.

Byrd R. Brown, Pittsburgh, for Robert W. Chambers.

Michael D. Foglia, Pittsburgh, for Rebecca Kirkland.

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


OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

These consolidated appeals raise the issue of whether the lower courts erred in holding that evidence seized during the search of a residence must be suppressed because of a violation of the "knock and announce" rule.

On February 16, 1987 at 1:03 p.m., four police officers from the Municipality of Penn Hills initiated the execution of a search warrant at the residence of Robert Chambers. The Appellees, Robert Chambers, Cheryl...

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