Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Shaffer

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 29, 1998PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EAKIN, Judge:

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania appeals from the order granting Shaffer’s motion to suppress evidence. We affirm.

On September 30, 1995, Officer Kevin Ro-mine of the Northern York County Regional Police Department arrived at a one-car crash scene on Harmony Grove Road in Dover Township; the driver, appellee Terry Shaffer, was being treated by paramedics for *1036injuries sustained in the crash. Officer Ro-mine developed sufficient probable cause to believe Shaffer had driven while under the influence of alcohol and placed him under arrest. He advised Shaffer of the implied consent law…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. South Dakota v. NevilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Perez. v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Commonwealth v. MelendezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  4. Commonwealth v. KohlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  5. Commonwealth v. RiedelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SeibertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  2. Commonwealth v. WestSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  3. Com. v. Jones-Williams, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  4. Com. v. Jones-Williams, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  5. Com. v. Best, M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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