Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Elliott
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 5, 1988No. 67 and 68PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MONTEMURO, Judge:
This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Fulton County suppressing various items of contraband seized from Stephen D. Elliot and Troy Lancy Ray. The seizure of these items occurred following a stop of the vehicle in which the two were traveling for a Motor Vehicle Code violation. We reverse.
The uncontroverted testimony at the suppression hearing depicted the following events leading up to the present appeal. In the late afternoon hours on March 26, 1986, Trooper Darryl E. Heckman of the Pennsylvania State Police began to follow a…
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