Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. McAdoo

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 6, 2012PublishedCited by 112 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

STEVENS, P.J.:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County after Appellant Robert McAdoo was convicted of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, possession of a small amount of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.1 Appellant claims the trial court erred in denying his suppression motion when officers illegally detained him by requesting his identification without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. We affirm.

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. DelgadoSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Nev., Humboldt Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  4. Commonwealth v. ColemanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  5. Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003

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3Cited by112 opinions

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  4. Commonwealth v. SimmenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  5. Commonwealth v. SimonsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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