Commonwealth v. Scudder
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Justice.
On the night of June 21, 1976, or early morning hours of June 22, a van was stolen from in front of a house in the Borough of Etna, Allegheny County. At or about noon on June 22, the wife of the owner of the stolen van was driving on Route 8 when she saw the van approaching from the opposite direction in which she was travelling. She turned her vehicle around, followed the van and when she was satisfied that the vehicle was her husband’s van, radioed the police by CB radio. In response to her call, the township police gave chase in two patrol cars over a distance of three…
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2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. HaidemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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