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Commonwealth v. Carter

Citations

  • 779 A.2d 591
  • 2001 Pa. Super. 201
  • 2001 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1670

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  • noting that in telling suspect to put his hands in his pockets, then ordering him to take them out, police officer manufactured danger himself
  • noting that the fact that the officer asked the appellant to take his hands out of his pockets did not turn the encounter into a seizure
  • noting that in telling suspect to put his hands in his pockets, then ordering him to take them out, police officer manufactured danger himself
  • noting that the fact that the officer asked the appellant to take his hands out of his pockets did not turn the encounter into a seizure
  • finding that the defendant's presence in a car with other individuals in a high crime area did not support reasonable suspicion that defendant was engaged in criminal activity
  • noting that the fact that the officer asked the appellant to take his hands out of his pockets did not turn the encounter into a seizure

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Judges: Joyce, Olszewski and Popovich

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