Title: Com v. McEnany, Aplt (Dissenting Statement)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 41 MAP 2000
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: May 23, 2001

[J-186-2000] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee v. TIMOTHY P. MCENANY, Appellant : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 41 MAP 2000 Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court entered May 13, 1999, at No. 1086 Harrisburg 1997, affirming the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County entered September 18, 1997, at No. 917 C.D. 1993 732 A.2d 1263 (Pa. Super. 1999) ARGUED: December 6, 2000 DISSENTING STATEMENT MR. JUSTICE ZAPPALA FILED: MAY 22, 2001 I dissent and would address the merits of the issue we granted allowance of appeal to review. With the use of portable electronic devices capable of storing information becoming increasingly common, the proper application of principles of search and seizure law to such devices and their components is an issue of substantial importance. Having already deferred review of the order denying suppression once in this case, I believe the Court errs in not reaching the merits again. To my mind it is the dismissal of the appeal that is improvident, not its grant.