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COMMONWEALTH v. JONES-WILLIAMS

No. 27 MAP 2021.

279 A.3d 508 (2022)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Akim Sharif JONES-WILLIAMS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Resubmitted: June 22, 2022.

Decided: July 20, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alisa Rebecca Hobart, Esq. , Berks County District Attorney's Office, Michael F. J. Piecuch, Esq. , Snyder County DA's Office, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association.

Peter E. Kratsa, Esq. , West Chester, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Leonard Sosnov, Esq. , Harrisburg, Defender Association of Philadelphia, for Amicus Curiae Defender Association of Philadelphia.

Timothy Jon Barker, Esq. , Stephanie Elizabeth Lombardo, Esq. , David Winslow Sunday, Esq. , York County District Attorney's Office, for Appellant.

Shawn Michael Dorward, Esq. , The Dorward Law Firm LLC, for Appellee.

BAER, C.J., TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, BROBSON, JJ.

OPINION

This appeal concerns the warrantless seizure of blood after it had already been drawn and preserved by hospital personnel. For the following reasons, we affirm the Superior Court's holding that the evidence at issue should have been suppressed and remand for a new trial.

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