Superior Court 8/7/08 - COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. YUSUF COPELAND

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. YUSUF COPELAND
No. 2866 EDA 2007 2008 PA Super 180 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 8/7/2008
Appeal from the Order entered October 22, 2007In the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware CountyCriminal, No. CP-23-CR-0002554-2007
Before: BOWES, GANTMAN, AND TAMILIA, JJ.
Opinion by: GANTMAN, J.
Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appeals from the order entered in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, which granted a motion to suppress the Commonwealth’s evidence, filed on behalf of Appellee, Yusuf Copeland. We reverse the court’s suppression order and remand for further proceedings.

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The Commonwealth now raises three issues for our review:

WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT’S GRANT OF SUPPRESSION CONSTITUTES LEGAL ERROR WHERE THE RECORD DEMONSTRATES THE POLICE SEIZED ITEMS WITHIN THE AUTOMOBILE BASED UPON PROBABLE CAUSE AND EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES?

WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT’S GRANT OF SUPPRESSION CONSTITUTES LEGAL ERROR WHERE THE WARRANTLESS SEARCH FOR WEAPONS WAS LAWFUL UNDER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AUTOMOBILE EXCEPTION?

WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT’S GRANT OF SUPPRESSION CONSTITUTES LEGAL ERROR WHERE THE MARIJUANA RECOVERED FROM THE VEHICLE WAS SEIZED IN PLAIN VIEW?