Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Zhahir
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 19, 2000No. 30 E.D. Appeal Docket 1999PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAYLOR, Justice.
The issues in this case concern police decisions to stop, frisk, and seize contraband from Appellant.
On March 4, 1992, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Officers Singletary and Corely of the Philadelphia Police Department were advised by their captain that a male, wearing a green jacket and blue jeans, was selling narcotics at 60 th and Lansdowne Avenue in Philadelphia. The source of the captain’s information is unknown. Two and one-half hours later, the officers proceeded to the designated area in a marked police cruiser and observed Appellant, Abdul Zhahir (“Zhahir”),…
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