Commonwealth v. Korenkiewicz
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
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…
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