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COM. v. HENDERSON

No. 15 WAP 2009

47 A.3d 797 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Calvin HENDERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 25, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frankie C. Walker, II , for Calvin Henderson.

Leonard Sosnov , David Rudovsky , Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing & Feinberg, Philadelphia, for ACLU and ACLU of Pennsylvania.

David R. Crowley , for Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Michael Wayne Streily , Francesco Lino Nepa , Allegheny County District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.*

In this appeal arising in the suppression context, we consider Pennsylvania's unique variant of the independent source rule, deriving from Commonwealth v. Mason, 535 Pa. 560, 637 A.2d 251 (1993).

Law enforcement officers suspected that Appellant may have co-perpetrated a violent...

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