Commonwealth v. Gease
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
CIRILLO, Judge:
This is an appeal from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, granting the appellee’s Motion to suppress the evidence.
At approximately 12:45 P.M. on December 19, 1980, Lieutenant Albert Petrauskas of the Pittsburgh Police Department was stopped by a man wearing a white apron over a red shirt. The man informed the officer that he was chasing an individual who had just stolen a woman’s purse. He also told the officer that the individual was sitting in a jitney directly behind the officer’s car. The jitney was occupied by only one other man who was seated on…
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. RoughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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- Commonwealth v. WoodsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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