Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Bernadette KING, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1979-03-14
Citations: 484 Pa. 414
Docket Number: Appeal Nos. 58 and 92
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Bernadette KING, Appellee.
Judges: Before EAGEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 484
Pages: 414–415

Head Matter:
399 A.2d 360
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Bernadette KING, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Jan. 18, 1979.
Decided March 14, 1979.
Rehearing Denied April 11, 1979.
Steven H. Goldblatt, Deputy Dist. Atty.-Law, Paul S. Diamond, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for appellant.
Salvatore J. Cucinotta, Philadelphia, for appellee.
Before EAGEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

Opinion:
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.
EAGEN, 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.