Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Strickler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 24, 2000PublishedCited by 367 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAYLOR, Justice.
The issue presented is whether, pursuant to the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, evidence seized from a vehicle during the course of a consent search was properly suppressed.
*53On May 26, 1995, at approximately 12:40 a.m., a uniformed officer of the Upper Allen Township Police Department was on routine patrol in a marked vehicle, traveling on Fisher Road in a rural area, when he saw a car parked at the side of the road, alongside the lawn in front of a farmhouse and barn. Standing about fifteen feet from the parked car were two men who appeared to be…
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