Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Stair
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 27, 1997No. 47 W.D. Appeal Dkt. 1996PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
2Per curiam
The Court being evenly divided, the order of the Superior Court is affirmed.
CAPPY, J., files an opinion in support of affirmance in which CASTILLE and NEWMAN, JJ., join. ZARPALA, J., files an opinion in support of reversal in which FLAHERTY, C.J., and NIGRO, J., join.
OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE
CAPPY, Justice:
The question presented in this appeal is whether a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper can lawfully administer the Implied Consent Law, 75 Pa.C.S. § 1547(a), 1 in another state to a driver who has been involved in an automobile accident while operating a vehicle in Pennsylvania.…
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