Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Parker
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 10, 2008No. 1528 MDA 2007PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
PANELLA, J.:
¶ 1 Appellant, Wendell Lamont Parker, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on August 29, 2007, by the Honorable John S. Kennedy, Court of Common Pleas of York County. After careful review, we affirm.
¶ 2 On January 27, 2007, at about 11:47 p.m., a Springettsbury Township Police Officer pulled Parker over because he noticed that the vehicle had a malfunctioning right brake light. When stopped behind the vehicle, the officer noticed that there was a passenger in the car and that the driver, Parker, “began to reach down, dipping his shoulders right and left.” N.T.,…
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