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Commonwealth v. Brown

Citations

  • 904 A.2d 925
  • 2006 Pa. Super. 177
  • 2006 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1622

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  • stating that unprovoked flight in a high-crime area from persons identifiable as - 10 - J-S57045-17 police officers is sufficient to establish reasonable suspicion to support an investigative detention
  • determining that evidence was sufficient to support the defendant’s PWID conviction where the police recovered “a clear plastic bag that was knotted and contained a large chunk (5.71 grams
  • absence of flight in high crime area negates presence of reasonable suspicion and invalidates police’s Terry stop of defendant
  • observation of defendant in “very high drug area” and fact that police officer was part of “CLEAN” squad that regularly monitored drug activity were relevant to totality of circumstances test

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Judges: Klein, Kelly and Popovich

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