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Commonwealth v. Long

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 2, 1980No. 30PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

The validity of a warrantless police search of an automobile trunk is challenged on this appeal. We conclude that the police lacked probable cause for the search and that the evidence found in the locked trunk should therefore have been suppressed. Accordingly, we reverse and order a new trial.1

At 1:30 a. m. on May 5, 1975, officers patrolling in a marked police car observed an automobile proceeding through an intersection without stopping for a stop sign. *372The officers followed this car for several blocks. After weaving from side to side, the car pulled to…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. State v. MooreWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Commonwealth v. TrengeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. TimkoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. Commonwealth v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  5. Gill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981

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