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COM. v. JOHNSON

No. 67 MAP 2012

86 A.3d 182 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Richard Allen JOHNSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 18, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank P. Barletta, Esq. , Luzerne County District Attorney's Office, Stefanie Joy Salavantis, Esq. , for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

John Anthony Donovan, Jr., Esq. , Caelie McCormick Sweigart, Esq. , Luzerne County Public Defender's Office, Albert Joseph Flora, Jr., Esq. , Basil G. Russin, Esq. , Wilkes-Barre , William Ruzzo, Esq. , Kingston, for Richard Allen Johnson.

Karl Baker, Esq. , Ellen T. Greenlee, Esq. , Peter Rosalsky, Esq. , Defender Association of Philadelphia, for Defender Association of Philadelphia.

David Rudovsky, Esq. , Philadelphia, Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing & Feinberg, Leonard Sosnov, Esq. , Harrisburg, for PA Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

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

OPINION

Chief Justice CASTILLE.*

This matter turns upon whether the Superior Court erred in affirming the trial court's suppression of physical evidence seized incident to an arrest based on an invalid (expired) arrest warrant, where the police officer reasonably and in good faith believed that the arrest warrant was valid. We hold that the evidence was properly suppressed...

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