High Court Order Allowing Police to Hold Jeweler's Property Garners Lengthy Dissent
Two Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices took issue with their colleagues' decision to allow authorities to hold a jeweler's entire inventory during the course of a burglary investigation.
September 01, 2017 at 12:07 AM
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Two Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices took issue with their colleagues' decision to allow authorities to hold a jeweler's entire inventory during the course of a burglary investigation.
Justice David N. Wecht, joined by Justice Christine Donohue in his dissent to a high court order allowing Montgomery County authorities to hold 50,000 pieces of jewelry belonging to Jasmeen Kaur and DUA Diamonds, said the court's decision means law enforcement can seize property with impunity.
Wasim Shazad, the proprietor of the stores the jewelry came from, has been charged with being a fence for a Main Line burglary ring. Kaur, who is involved with some of the stores in question, applied to have the 49,000 pieces that authorities determined weren't involved with criminal activity to be returned.
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