Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dunham
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 29, 2019No. 1896 MDA 2017PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY McLAUGHLIN, J.:
The Commonwealth appeals from the order entered on November 8, 2017, which granted Michael P. Dunham's motion to suppress physical evidence discarded by him as he fled the scene of a lawful traffic stop.1 We conclude that Dunham was lawfully seized when police initiated the stop of the vehicle in which Dunham was a *275passenger, and therefore, no further commands or instructions by police were required to detain Dunham at the scene. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
The suppression court found the following facts:
On April 13, 2017, officers with…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Pennsylvania v. MimmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Maryland v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- In the Interest of D.M.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Commonwealth v. FeczkoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
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