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Commonwealth v. Berry

Citations

  • 451 A.2d 4
  • 305 Pa. Super. 8
  • 1982 Pa. Super. LEXIS 5308

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  • requiring articulable and reasonable suspicion that vehicle is overweight to make stop
  • requiring articulable and reasonable suspicion that vehicle is overweight to make stop
  • balancing privacy rights of truck operators against the government’s interest in maintaining safe highways and upholding the constitutionality of a stop and weighing of a truck based on officer’s articulable suspicion that the truck was overweight
  • reasonable stop based on officer’s experience coupled with his observation that milk truck was full to capacity although truck was moving up the grade at normal speed
  • stop and weighing of trucks \alternately justifiable as systematic stops. . . .\
  • stop and weighing of trucks “alternately justifiable as systematic stops____”

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Judges: Price, Montemuro, Van Voort

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