Commonwealth v. Hopkins, L., Jr. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioner v. LORNE BRETT HOPKINS, JR., Respondent : No. 899 MAL 2015 : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 24th day of March, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is: Whether, under Pennsylvania law, a search warrant should be invalidated and the resulting evidence suppressed where an affiant truthfully and accurately recites statements made by a self-incriminating co-defendant in an affidavit of probable cause, but the falsity of the co-defendant's statements could not be discovered prior to the issuance of the search warrant? Justice Wecht did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.
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