Court Opinion

ID: 9644550
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 20:59:12.663348+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:14.681865
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LARSEN, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent. We are bound to accept explicit findings of facts unless they are wholly lacking support in the record. Commonwealth v. Willis, 483 Pa. 21, 394 A.2d 519 (1978) citing Commonwealth v. Sparrow, 471 Pa. 490, 370 A.2d 712 (1977).
In the instant case, the court below made no explicit finding that appellant did not attempt to shoot Officer Watson. Thus, the findings of the suppression court indicate a lacunae regarding this attempted shooting. This case should be remanded to the suppression court for more specific findings on this factual issue.
NIX, J., joins in this dissenting opinion.