Commonwealth v. Johnson, L. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. LAVELLE JOHNSON, Petitioner : No. 434 WAL 2018 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 1st day of May, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is: (1) Did the Superior Court err in ruling that the search warrant obtained to search [Petitioner’s] cell phone was not unconstitutionally overbroad, under the Pennsylvania Constitution, by allowing an essentially unlimited search of the device for evidence of illegal narcotics and firearm possession?

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