Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Korenkiewicz

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 22, 1999PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant asks us to determine whether the trial court erred when it denied his motion to suppress evidence. Appellant challenges the legal basis for the investigative stop of his vehicle and the propriety of the evidence obtained from the stop. We hold that the information provided by the identified informant was sufficient to support the stop. Accordingly, we affirm Appellant’s judgment of sentence.

¶ 2 The trial court aptly relayed the relevant facts underlying this appeal as follows:

On the evening of August 4, 1997, one Kenneth Pingerton (“Pingerton”), the night manager of an…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Commonwealth v. HicksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  4. Commonwealth v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  5. Commonwealth v. MelendezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BarberSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  2. Commonwealth v. PalmerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  3. Commonwealth v. LindblomSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  4. Commonwealth v. SwartzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  5. Hasson v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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