Commonwealth v. Williams

390 Pa. Superior Ct. 493 (1990)

568 A.2d 1281

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania

v.

Tyrone Lee WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted May 23, 1989.

Filed January 16, 1990.

Neil J. Marcus, Monongahela, for appellant.

John C. Pettit, Dist. Atty., Washington, for Com., appellee.

Before OLSZEWSKI, MONTEMURO and KELLY, JJ.

KELLY, Judge:

In this appeal we are called upon to determine whether a police officer may formally arrest an individual whom the police officer has viewed committing a summary offense. The legality of the arrest is relevant to the derivative question of whether a search…