District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania January 26, 1999, No. Civ.3:97-CV-1284 (Smith v. McCollough)

MEMORANDUM

NEALON, District Judge.

Petitioner, Gerald J. Smith, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on August 21, 1997, in which he contended that the state courts erroneously denied his motion to suppress evidence gathered during the execution of an allegedly invalid search warrant in violation of his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and