Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Stainbrook
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 13, 1984No. 52PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MONTEMURO, Judge:
The Commonwealth appeals from an Order suppressing evidence1 entered by the Honorable G. Thomas Gates, Court of Common Pleas, Lebanon County.
*413On October 23, 1981, at approximately 11:40 P.M., Patrolman Louis Laguna of the North Londonderry Township Police Department was on routine patrol. He was accompanied by Police Chief Eldon Beachley. As part of this routine patrol, Officer Laguna drove into the parking lot of the Palmyra Bowling Alley to make sure that there was no loitering in the lot.2 At one end of the parking lot was parked a truck in which sat the appellant and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Commonwealth v. BosurgiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Commonwealth v. HolzerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Commonwealth v. CopelandSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Commonwealth v. ScottSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
- Com. v. Richard, D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
- Commonwealth v. ToddSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Com. v. Barr, T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
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