Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/12/1995

Commonwealth v. Banks

Citations

658 A.2d 752
540 Pa. 453
1995 Pa. LEXIS 318

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holding that police observation of the exchange of an unidentified item on a public street corner for cash, together with subsequent flight, “fall narrowly short of establishing probable cause”
holding that police observation of the exchange of an unidentified item on a public street corner for cash, together with subsequent flight, \fall narrowly short of establishing probable cause\
finding that “mere police observation of an exchange of an unidentified item or items on a public street corner for cash,” does not “constitute probable cause to arrest”
noting that flight alone does not amount to probable cause to arrest a suspect without a warrant
conducting probable cause analysis where police officer observed occurrence of transaction on public street, defendant fled when officer approached, and officer searched defendant upon immediate capture
acknowledging that although an officer’s lack of specific narcotics training can be a relevant factor in a probable cause analysis concerning an observed hand-to-hand drug transaction on a public street, the court must consider the totality of the circumstances

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Judges: Nix, Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakos, Gappy, Castille, Montemuro

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