Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Leet
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 23, 1991No. 462PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
Does a deputy sheriff have authority in Pennsylvania to make warrantless arrests for Vehicle Code violations occurring in his or her presence? The trial court held that deputy sheriffs did not have such authority and suppressed contraband found in the motorist’s vehicle following an *492arrest by a deputy sheriff. The Commonwealth appealed. We affirm.
On May 17, 1988, while driving a marked sheriffs vehicle on Route 56 in Armstrong County, Deputy Sheriff Kevin Gibbons observed a vehicle, driven by Marshall Leet, cross double yellow lines and pass several vehicles stopped in a line of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. PopeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Zimmerman v. O'BANNONSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Barasch v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LeetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Commonwealth v. GermannSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
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- Commonwealth v. TalleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
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