Legal Opinion
Banner v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 29, 1999PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
We granted allocatur in this license suspension case to determine whether the arresting officer had reasonable grounds to believe that Appellant was operating or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. The Commonwealth Court held that reasonable grounds existed. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.
On September 18, 1994, at approximately 4:20 a.m., Pennsylvania State Policeman Richard Doran was dispatched to check a suspicious vehicle in the area of State Route 130, near a Humphrey Road Uni-Mart in Hempfield Township,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Com., Dept. of Transp. v. WysockiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Glass v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Traffic SafetySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Todd v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. BoucherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Commonwealth v. WolenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
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3Cited by108 opinions
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- Hasson v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Gammer v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- McKinley v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
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