Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Perry

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 6, 2009No. 2061 MDA 2008PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

FITZGERALD, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Thomas A. Perry, Jr., appeals from the judgment of sentence entered in the Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas, following his convictions for driving under the influence 1 and driving vehicle at safe speed. 2 We hold that this Court’s decision in Commonwealth v. Minnich, 874 A.2d 1234 (Pa.Super.2005), finding that potential danger of causing an accident is sufficient to establish probable cause to initiate a traffic stop, applies in full to the current reasonable-suspicion standard. Accordingly, we affirm.

¶ 2 The trial court adequately stated the facts:

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CookSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  2. Commonwealth v. ChaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  3. Commonwealth v. HeberlingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  4. Commonwealth v. ElSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  5. Commonwealth v. CrorkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FeczkoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  2. Commonwealth v. HolmesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  3. Weems v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
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  5. Com. v. Griggs, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015

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