COM. v. RUSSO


934 A.2d 1199 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Joseph RUSSO, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew D. Bigda, Esq., Wilkes-Barre, for Joseph Russo, Jr.

George Paul Skumanick, Jr., Esq., for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, BALDWIN and FITZGERALD, JJ.


OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.*

We granted allowance of appeal in the instant case to determine whether, under Article I, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, a landowner has a reasonable expectation of privacy against enforcement of Pennsylvania's Game Code in his open fields. Because we conclude that the Fourth Amendment open fields doctrine as enunciated by the United States Supreme Court in Oliver v. United States...

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