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Banks v. Commonwealth

REVERSED status graphic: Banks v. Commonwealth. 092455 Banks v. Commonwealth 11/04/2010 (Revised 05/23/2011) After a trial court suppression ruling which accepted only one of several grounds asserted by the Commonwealth to justify a search that yielded a weapon, the Court of Appeals erred in making factual findings in support of an additional theory not advanced below, on the issue of consent for the search of the defendant's jacket. The judgment is reversed and the case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for further consideration of the is…
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