Court Opinion

ID: 9759047
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 00:01:25.825213+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:58.571184
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NIX, Chief Justice,
concurring.
The trial court found that the warrant satisfies the more exacting standards for probable cause as set forth in Aguilar v. Texas, 378 U.S. 108, 84 S.Ct. 1509, 12 L.Ed.2d 723 (1964); Spinelli v. United States, 393 U.S. 410, 89 S.Ct. 584, 21 L.Ed.2d 637 (1968); and their progeny. I agree with that assessment. Thus, I concur in the result reached by the majority, which sustained the trial court’s ruling without attempting to dilute that which has been proven a salutary standard for the protection of the fundamental rights of every citizen of this Commonwealth. See Commonwealth v. Gray, 509 Pa. 476, 488, 503 A.2d 921, 928 (1986) (Nix, C.J., dissenting, joined by Zappala, J.).