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COM. v. ARDESTANI

558 Pa. 191 (1999)

736 A.2d 552

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Tony ARDESTANI, Appellant. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Joseph H. Metts, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin G. Sasinoski, Pittsburgh, Suzanne M. Swan, Bethel Park, for Tony Ardestani.

Robert E. Colville, Michael W. Streily, Pittsburgh, for Com. in No. 0002 W.D. Appeal Docket 1997.

Jack W. Connor, Uniontown, for Joseph H. Metts.

Peter U. Hook, Uniontown, Robert A. Graci, Harrisburg, for Com. in No. 0036 W.D. Appeal Docket 1996.

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

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

ZAPPALA, Justice.

On December 30, 1994, our Court held in Commonwealth v. Brion, 539 Pa. 256, 652 A.2d 287 (1994), that Article I, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution precludes the police from sending an informant into the home of an individual to electronically record his conversations...

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