Commonwealth v. Teeter

CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION BY

KLEIN, J.:

¶ 1 I agree with the majority that the trial court properly determined that Teeter was not subjected to an illegal arrest, and, therefore, properly denied his motion to suppress. However, under the circumstances of this case, I do not believe that it is permissible to impose the tripling of the minimum of Teeter’s sentence by applying the “school bus stop” enhancement. Therefore, I join in part and dissent in part.

¶ 2 Defendant Jeffrey Teeter received a mandatory sentence for the attempted sale of drugs; his sentence was increased three times more…