Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/1/1994

Commonwealth v. Morris

Citations

644 A.2d 721
537 Pa. 417
1994 Pa. LEXIS 243

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emphasizing that a protective sweep is justified where an appellant is not under arrest because he could gain access to the weapon when released
rejecting appellant’s request to depart from Terry in interpreting Article I, § 8 and holding Terry and Article I, § 8 are commensurate
adopting Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S. 1032 (1983), holding that permitted protective searches of vehicles for weapons
adopting Long and applying it to Article I, Section 8 of Pennsylvania Constitution to permit search, during traffic stop, of bag in passenger compartment large enough to contain weapon
upholding protective weapons search of closed plastic bag in back seat of vehicle after weapons pat down of suspect’s person, prompted by driver’s leanings and quick reaching toward car floor, produced no weapon
adopting Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S. 1032, 1051 (1983) (rejecting the contention that a protective search of the interior of a car is unreasonable where the person is under police supervision outside of the vehicle)

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Judges: Nix, Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy, Castille, Montemuro, Docket, Larsen

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