Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Kurtz
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 23, 2017No. 286 MDA 2017PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
RANSOM, J.:
The Commonwealth appeals from the order entered' January 19, -2017, granting the motion to suppress filed by Appellee, Gregory Alan Kurtz. 1 We affirm.
The suppression court made the following findings of fact, which are in turn supported by the record.
On December 2, 2015, at approximately 23:13 hours, Trooper Cummings of the Pennsylvania State Police stopped [Kurtz] on 1-81 near mile marker 49.5, Middlesex Township, Cumberland County[,] Pennsylvania. Trooper Cummings called for back-up because he had someone else in the back of his vehicle in custody for DUI. Trooper…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert BernardSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
- Illinois v. KrullSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Commonwealth v. EdmundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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3Cited by8 opinions
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