Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Steven CLARK, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2010-06-16
Citations: 996 A.2d 481
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Steven CLARK, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 996
Pages: 481–481

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Steven CLARK, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
June 16, 2010.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 16th day of June, 2010, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is:
Where the police conduct a successful controlled drug buy based on information supplied by a confidential informant, and recount the information and the conduct of the controlled buy in an affidavit of probable cause to obtain a search warrant, is probable cause lacking because the affidavit does not allege the basis of the confidential informant's knowledge and does not contain the "customary" phrase that the informant "has provided information that in the past has resulted in arrests or convictions?"