Commonwealth v. Magwood

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by allowance from Superior Court’s order affirming Allegheny County Common Pleas’ judgment of sentence against appellant for robbery after a jury found him guilty of that crime. The issue before us is whether appellant’s arrest, carried out by a McKees Rocks police officer in the City of Pittsburgh, was proper under 42 Pa.C.S. § 8901,1 authorizing local police to arrest individuals beyond the territorial limits of their jurisdiction “if the officer continues in pursuit of such person after commission of the offense.” We agree with the…