Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Shaffer

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 19, 2012No. 1330 MDA 2011PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

PANELLA, J.:

Appellant, Scott A. Shaffer, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on June 2, 2011, in the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County. After careful review, we affirm.

On March 7, 2010, at approximately 2:16 a.m., Trooper James R. David of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) was on duty patrolling with his partner, Trooper Schrader, in the area of Bon-Ox Road. See N.T., Non-Jury Trial, 3/18/11, at 9. Trooper David effectuated a traffic stop of Shaffer’s vehicle for erratic driving when he observed Shaffer’s vehicle “cross the fog line with his passenger side tires four…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Com., Dept. of Transp. v. O'CONNELLSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  3. Commonwealth v. ChampneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Marquez-Urquidi v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2004

3Cited by39 opinions

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  5. Com. v. Armstrong, M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019

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