Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Penn

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 1, 2016PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

OLSON, J.:

Appellant, Daniel Penn, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on August 27, 2014. After careful consideration, we vacate the judgment of sentence and remand for a new trial.

On January 28, 2012, City of Pittsburgh Police Detective Brian Burgunder was on-duty and patrolling the Hill District of Pittsburgh in an unmarked police car with two fellow detectives. N.T. Trial, 5/6/14, at 65. At approximately 5:00 p.m. that night, Detective Burgunder witnessed Appellant drive a vehicle through a clearly posted stop sign, without coming to a complete stop. Id. at 68. The…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DeHartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. Commonwealth v. ColonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Commonwealth v. IngberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. HaleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014

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3Cited by24 opinions

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