Commonwealth v. Thompson, M. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. MICHAEL THOMPSON, Petitioner : No. 113 MAL 2023 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 8th day of August, 2023, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is: Whether the [t]rial [c]ourt and the Superior Court of Pennsylvania erred in determining that an inventory search of an automobile by law enforcement is an exception to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in Commonwealth v. Alexander, 243 A.3d 177 (Pa. 2020) requiring a search warrant before conducting a search of a person’s vehicle or requir[ing] production and proof of exigent circumstances for a warrantless search of a vehicle? The Prothonotary is DIRECTED to list this matter for oral argument at the same session as, and consecutive to, Commonwealth v. Saunders, 20 EAP 2023.

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