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Commonwealth v. Price

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 21, 1996No. 13 W.D. Appeal Docket 1992PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.*

The issues presented in this appeal involve the validity of an arrest for a motor vehicle violation made by a law enforcement agent, albeit one not authorized to make such arrests, and the applicability of the exclusionary rule to evidence obtained as a result of that arrest.

The facts giving rise to the instant matter occurred on March 23,1989. On that day, Special Agent Mark Sites of the *406Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), while travelling in an unmarked FBI vehicle on Balph Avenue in Bellevue, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, observed a vehicle being driven by…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. EdmundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  4. Commonwealth v. MasonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Commonwealth v. MurraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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3Cited by54 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  2. Commonwealth v. ElmobdySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  3. Commonwealth v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Commonwealth v. CooperSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  5. Commonwealth v. MendenhallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998

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