Legal Opinion
McGriff v. Vidovich
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 12, 1997PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELLEGRINI, Judge.
Clyde McGriff (McGriff) has filed separate appeals from two orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) dismissing his complaints for false arrest which he filed against Gary S. Vidovieh, a Wilkinsburg police officer, as frivolous.
McGriff alleges that Vidovieh was assigned to investigate two burglaries at two adjoining locations. From photo arrays, the victims identified McGriff as the person who burglarized each of their apartments. Based on that information, Vidovieh made an' application for an arrest warrant by filing a verified criminal…
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