Commonwealth v. Snowden, B.
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Opinion
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 27 WAL 2025 : Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Published Opinion and v. : Order of the Superior Court at : No. 402 WDA 2023, at 330 A.3d : 422 (Pa. Super. 2025) entered on BRANDI SNOWDEN, : January 10, 2025, affirming the : Judgment of Sentence of the Petitioner : Allegheny County Court of : Common Pleas at No. CP-02-CR- : 0005182-2022 entered on March : 8, 2023
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 18th day of March, 2026, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is
GRANTED, LIMITED TO the following issues:
1) Did the Superior Court err and issue an opinion that conflicted with Commonwealth v. Barr, 266 A.3d 25 (Pa. 2021)[,] by finding probable cause when police approached [Petitioner] in a purported “high drug area” and she displayed no suspicious activity?
2) Was the [evidence] insufficient to establish a “high drug area” when the officer did not explain how he reached this conclusion or otherwise support his claim?
The Superior Court’s order is VACATED, and this matter is REMANDED for
consideration of Commonwealth v. Lewis, --- A.3d ---, 2025 WL 2724795 (Pa. 2025).
Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues.
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