Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1979

Commonwealth v. King

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided March 14, 1979 · Arrest, Brien, Circumstances, Consideration, Eagen, Existed, Home, Larsen, Manderino, Nix, Probable, Roberts, Suspect, Were

484 Pa. 414; 399 A.2d 360; 1979 Pa. LEXIS 509

Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal by the prosecution from an order of the trial court suppressing a statement allegedly given by appellee to police, and certain physical evidence obtained as a result of that statement. The order was entered after the trial court concluded that appellee’s arrest lacked probable cause.

We have reviewed the arguments presented by appellant in this case and find them to be without merit.

Order affirmed.

O’BRIEN, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case. *415EAGEN, C. J., concurs in the result. ROBERTS and NIX, JJ., concur concluding that there were no exigent circumstances to permit a warrantless arrest of the suspect in her home. LARSEN, J., dissents concluding that probable cause existed for the arrest.

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