Commonwealth v. Palmer

OPINION BY DUBOW, J.:

Appellant, Corey Palmer, appeals from the October 15, 2015 Judgment of Sentence entered in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Appellant challenges the denial of his suppression motion. We hold that where officers properly stopped a vehicle for a traffic infraction, where the driver did not stop in a legal parking spot, and where none of the occupants of the vehicle had a valid license, towing the vehicle was a task tied to the traffic stop. Therefore, officers had the authority, as part of the ongoing traffic stop, to order Appellant to exit the vehicle so that…