Commonwealth v. Irwin

HESTER, Judge:

¶ 1 The Commonwealth appeals from the order granting the motion of Bernard Irwin, Appellee, to suppress evidence resulting from an incident in which he was cited for driving while under the influence of alcohol and for improper use of multiple-beam road lighting equipment. We affirm.

¶ 2 The facts, which are taken from the trial court opinion, are straightforward.

On September 7, 1999 at about 12:55 o’clock a.m. the defendant was driving a van in a southerly direction on Route 19 a few miles southwest of Meadville. As he was proceeding south two state troopers, Troopers Yuran and…