Commonwealth v. Brigidi

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

The question presented is whether restrictions on the admissibility of pre-arrest alcohol screening reposited in the Vehicle Code pertain in prosecutions under the Crimes Code.

In May 2007, Appellee received a citation for the summary offense of consuming alcoholic beverages while under the age of twenty-one. See 18 Pa.C.S. § 6308. He was found guilty in a magisterial district court and lodged an appeal in the common pleas court.

At the ensuing de novo bench trial, the Commonwealth presented the testimony of the arresting officer, who explained that he was tasked to…