Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Chambers

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 21, 2012No. 895 MDA 2011PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

GANTMAN, J.:

Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appeals from the order entered in the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas, which granted the motion of Appel-lee, Laquinn Anthony Chambers, to suppress evidence obtained as the result of a stop, seizure, and arrest for multiple drug offenses. For the following reasons, we hold the probation officers lacked the requisite reasonable suspicion to seize Appel-lee under the facts and circumstances of this case. Therefore, the court properly granted Appellee’s suppression motion. Accordingly, we affirm.

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. United States v. KnightsSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  2. Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  3. Commonwealth v. DeWittSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  4. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  5. Commonwealth v. McCleaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000

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3Cited by28 opinions

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