Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 9/21/1973

Commonwealth v. LAWSON

Citations

454 Pa. 23
309 A.2d 391
74 A.L.R. 3d 831
1973 Pa. LEXIS 729

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explaining probable cause existed where officers observed husband and wife engage in three, separate cash-for-item exchanges with buyers, at night, on street, and wife kept unidentified items secreted on her person between transactions
“Probable cause exists if the facts and circumstances known to the officer warrant a prudent man in believing that an offense has been committed.”
“Probable cause exists if the facts and circumstances known to the officer warrant a prudent man in believing that [an] offense has been committed.”
probable cause existed where police officer observed three commercial transactions on the street involving unidentified items
probable cause existed where police officer observed three commercial transactions on the street involving unidentified items
“Probable cause exists if the facts and circumstances known to the officer warrant a prudent man in believing that an offense has been committed.’’

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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino

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