Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Pakacki
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 18, 2006No. 24 MAP 2004PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice EAKIN.
In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether appellee was subject to a custodial interrogation when he was stopped by an officer investigating a shooting, and whether the officer’s subsequent seizure of a marijuana pipe was justified under the “plain feel” doctrine. Because appellee was not in custody and the seizure of the pipe was lawful, we reverse.
Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Christopher Keppel was in uniform, in a marked patrol car, when he was dispatched to investigate a shooting; he was given appellee’s name as a potential suspect, and obtained a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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