# Commonwealth v. Brown

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · October 8, 1976 · 470 Pa. 274

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9747656

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Theodore BROWN, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** October 8, 1976
- **Citations:** 470 Pa. 274; 368 A.2d 626; 1976 Pa. LEXIS 792
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Manderino
- **Judges:** Eagen, O'brien, Pomeroy, Nix and Manderino
- **Cited by:** 35 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

*290 MANDERINO, Justice
(concurring).
I concur in the majority’s affirmance of the judgment of sentence, however, as to the question raised concerning the admissability of the testimony of Samuel Winns and the introduction of the murder weapon, I do so for reasons different than those stated by the majority opinion. In the instant case I am of the opinion that the prosecution has successfully established that the evidence was free of any taint stemming from appellant’s illegal arrest because the prosecution established that the evidence in question was acquired through an independent source.

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