Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Mimms
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 28, 1977No. 45PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POMEROY, Justice.
Two Philadelphia police officers stopped an automobile for the purpose of issuing a traffic summons. Upon approaching the automobile, Officer Kurtz ordered the driver, appellant Harry Mimms, to step out of the car. After Mimms had alighted from the vehicle, Officer Kurtz noticed a large bulge under Mimms’ sports jacket. Fearful that the jacket might be covering a weapon, the police officer conducted a frisk of appellant’s outer clothing. The frisk resulted in the discovery of a loaded .38 caliber revolver and five live rounds of ammunition. Based on this…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by39 opinions
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