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· 12/13/1939

Commonwealth Ex Rel. Rossey v. Ashe, Warden

Citations

  • 10 A.2d 95
  • 137 Pa. Super. 525
  • 1939 Pa. Super. LEXIS 72

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • police knowledge that defendant previously arrested for drug offenses \critically important factor\ in probable cause determination
  • unusual nature of \car meets\ where defendant reached hand into window of vehicle and quickly withdrew it contributed to probable cause
  • probable cause found in part due to \unusual nature of the event . . . observed\ by \experienced narcotics investigator\
  • \there are a myriad of factual scenarios in which such an inference [of a drug transaction] is reasonable despite the absence of any direct observation of an exchange\
  • police knowledge of drug activity at location 3 was probable cause factor

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Judges: PER CURIAM, December 13, 1939:

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