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Commonwealth v. Hamme

Citations

  • 583 A.2d 1245
  • 400 Pa. Super. 537
  • 1990 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3396

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that when investigating accident, officer detects odor of alcohol and driver fails sobriety tests, probable cause for DUI exists
  • holding that erratic driving alone can impart a reasonable suspicion of DUI
  • police can rely on \information from other officers or citizen witnesses;\ officer made valid Terry stop based on other officer's observation of suspect's erratic driving
  • police report of defendant’s erratic driving sufficient to constitute reasonable and articulable suspicion to support a traffic stop
  • police can rely on “information from other officers or citizen witnesses;” officer made valid Terry stop based on other officer’s observation of suspect’s erratic driving
  • erratic driving provided sufficient reasonable basis to support investigatory stop

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Olszewski, Beck, Hoffman

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