Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Smith

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 28, 2017No. 877 WDA 2017PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

STEVENS, P.J.E.:

Appellant Brittany Nora Smith appeals from the judgment of sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County after the trial court convicted Appellant of Driving Under the Influence of a Controlled Substance (DUI) and related vehicle code violations. Appellant argues that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress the evidence obtained from the seizure of her vehicle and the warrantless testing of her blood. We affirm.

The trial court aptly summarized the factual background of this case as follows:

[O]n August 6, 2016, at approximately 1:28 a.m.,…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert BernardSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  2. In the Interest of L.J.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  3. Commonwealth v. StricklerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  4. Commonwealth v. FeczkoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  5. Commonwealth v. Woodard, A., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. RobertsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  2. Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  3. Com. v. Anderson, R.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  4. Com. v. Antill, C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  5. Com. v. Armstrong, N.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018

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