Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Metz

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 4, 1992No. 1632PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPOVICH, Judge:

We are confronted for the first time with an issue involving the legality of a police stop at a roadblock. This issue presents itself in an appeal from judgment of sentence entered September 28, 1990, in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County following the appellant’s conviction on, inter alia, two misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance, one misdemeanor count of carrying a firearm without a license and one misdemeanor count of possessing a firearm illegally as a former convict. The sole issue raised by appellant, Matthew A. Metz, is whether the court…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Commonwealth v. TarbertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Boches v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MetzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  2. State v. HeapyHawaii Supreme Court · 2007
  3. Commonwealth v. CarrollSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  4. In the Interest of Barry W.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  5. Commonwealth v. FrombachSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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