Commonwealth v. Streater

TAMILIA, Judge:

The Commonwealth takes this appeal from the Order of July 26, 1990, suppressing evidence seized as a result of the vehicle stop and subsequent arrest of appellee, David Streater.1

The facts of this case, as summarized by the trial court, are as follows.

On August 6, 1989, Pittsburgh City Police Officer Joseph F. Tersak was on routine patrol in the area of Seventh Avenue and William Penn Place. He observed Mr. Streater operating a light blue vehicle with an expired registration plate. As he approached the vehicle he observed scrape marks and glue on the lower right hand side of…