Commonwealth v. Durr

OPINION BY

BENDER, J.:

This is a Commonwealth appeal from the trial court’s order granting Louis T. Durr Jr.’s (Defendant) motion to suppress. The Commonwealth claims that the trial court erred in determining that the police officer’s questioning of Defendant regarding his identity was unconstitutional. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

The facts of this case are straightforward and undisputed. Officer Daniel Shields of the Erie Police Department was assisting another officer in a traffic stop. Defendant was a passenger in the stopped vehicle. Officer Shields “went to the passenger’s side…