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J. E01007-10 2011 PA Super 54 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee v. ANTONIO ALEXANDER, Appellant : : : : : : : : : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

No. 2555 EDA 2008

Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence of August 15, 2008 in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Criminal Division, No. CP-51-CR-0001867-2008 BEFORE: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J., and STEVENS, GANTMAN, PANELLA, DONOHUE, SHOGAN, ALLEN, LAZARUS and MUNDY, JJ. Filed: March 18, 2011

OPINION BY LAZARUS, J.:

Antonio Alexander appeals from his judgment of sentence after entering an open guilty plea to violations of the Uniform Firearms Act (VUFA).1 Alexander was sentenced to 1-2 years of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of reporting probation. On the same day he was sentenced, the court also imposed a condition on Alexander's probation and/or parole that makes him subject to random searches of his residence (limited to the space he occupies) by agents of the Gun Violence Task Force. On appeal, Alexander challenges the validity of the search condition, contending that such

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