COM. v. WALTSON


724 A.2d 289 (1998)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Daniel WALTSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Wismer, Wilmington, DE, for Daniel Walston.

Stuart Suss, Asst. Dist. Atty., Anthony A. Saricone, Dist. Atty., Commonwealth.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.


OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the search of an entire residence is barred as overbroad pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 where the affidavit of probable cause for the warrant references only a particular room within the residence. For the reasons which follow, we conclude that where there is probable cause to believe that contraband is located within a particular room of a single unit house, Article 1, Section...

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