(DOWNLOAD) "Commonwealth v. Reece" by Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Commonwealth v. Reece
- Author : Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 20, 1970
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
Description
Robert Thomas Reece was arrested in Chester County and charged with violating The Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, specifically, the illegal possession of marijuana. Pretrial, Reece filed a timely motion to suppress certain evidence, i.e., a quantity of marijuana seized by the police in connection with his arrest. After a hearing, this motion was denied. Later, the challenged evidence was introduced at trial over objection. The jury returned a guilty verdict. Post-trial motions in arrest of judgment or for a new trial were dismissed, and a sentence was imposed. An appeal to the Superior Court resulted in an affirmance of the judgment by an equally divided court. We granted allocatur and now reverse.