Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 8/5/1988

Commonwealth v. Elliott

Citations

546 A.2d 654
376 Pa. Super. 536
1988 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2217

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“a police officer may stop a motor vehicle if he or she reasonably believes that a provision of the Motor Vehicle Code is being violated.”
\a police officer may stop a motor vehicle if he or she reasonably believes that a provision of the Motor Vehicle Code is being violated.\
where defendant was advised of his rights and read and signed a consent form, he voluntarily consented to the search
the rationale in Mimms applies to passengers in a lawfully stopped vehicle when the officer has an articulable basis to believe that criminal activity is afoot
\An officer may briefly detain a suspect and then proceed to conduct an actual search if the facts gleaned during that detention ripen into probable cause to arrest\
“An officer may briefly detain a suspect and then proceed to conduct an actual search if the facts gleaned during that detention ripen into probable cause to arrest”

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Judges: Brosky, Montemuro and Johnson

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