Commonwealth v. Hoburn
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
POPOVICH, Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the trial court which dismissed a pretrial motion to dismiss the charges against appellant, Thomas Hoburn. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
The facts which are undisputed are as follows:
On May 25, 1982, at approximately 1:07 a.m., appellant was operating a motor vehicle through the Borough of Mt. Pleasant and was pursued by a local police officer for summary violations of the Motor Vehicle Code. See the Act of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, No. 81, § 1. During the pursuit, appellant was involved in an accident. However, because the accident…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
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