IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 899 MAL 2015
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Petitioner : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Superior Court
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v. :
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LORNE BRETT HOPKINS, JR., :
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Respondent :
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.