Court Opinion

ID: 9695503
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 18:21:03.907834+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:13.291397
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NEWMAN, Justice,
concurring and dissenting.
Regarding the resolution by the majority of the appeal of Elijah Williams a/k/a Bob Torres (Williams), I concur. My dissent is with the majority’s disposition in the appeal of David M. Torres a/k/a Michael Williams (Torres). I would have affirmed the Superior Court’s conclusion that the search warrant affidavit demonstrated probable cause to search Torres’ apartment. See Commonwealth v. Torres, 714 A.2d 416, 420-421 (Pa.Super.1998). I write separately because I believe that the factual details recited in the affidavit, and the corroboration of those details by the police, sufficiently established the reliability of the unnamed witnesses. Because the affidavit itself illustrated the trustworthiness of the witnesses, there is no need to presume their credibility. Accordingly, the issue of whether an unnamed witness is entitled to a presumption of reliability is best left for another day.