Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Lorne Brett HOPKINS, Jr., Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2016-03-24
Citations: 133 A.3d 737
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Lorne Brett HOPKINS, Jr., Respondent.
Judges: Justice WECHT did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 133
Pages: 737–737

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Lorne Brett HOPKINS, Jr., Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
March 24, 2016.

Opinion:
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.