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Commonwealth v. Goodwin

Citations

  • 750 A.2d 795
  • 561 Pa. 346
  • 2000 Pa. LEXIS 919

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  • concluding police lacked reasonable suspicion to search the defendant where they “saw no unusual activity while they watched [the defendant] and had no reason independent of the anonymous tip to suspect that criminal activity was afoot.”
  • “we note that Pennsylvania has consistently followed Fourth Amendment jurisprudence in stop and frisk cases ... Tenry v. Ohio sets forth standard for reasonableness of a search[.]”

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Judges: Flaherty, Zarpala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Zappala

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