Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 9/10/2008

Commonwealth v. Parker

Citations

957 A.2d 311
2008 Pa. Super. 208
2008 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2463
2008 WL 4151338

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stating that “the law presumes that the jury will follow the instructions of the court”
holding reasonable suspicion established to pat down driver pulled over for malfunctioning brake light where officer observed driver reaching down and dipping his shoulders right and left before officer approached
finding that officer was justified in frisking appellant after he pulled appellant over for a Motor Vehicle Code violation at night, appellant could not produce identification and officer saw appellant reaching down and dipping his shoulders from side to side
upholding the application of the plain feel doctrine where an officer conducting the pat-down search felt two plastic bags in the defendant’s cargo pocket, with some “hard, rigid objects,” which he believed were crack cocaine, based on his training and experience
“[T]he officer here was able to immediately identify the object he felt as packaged crack cocaine before he reached into Parker’s pocket and looked at the plastic bags.”
“[T]he officer here was able to immediately identify the object he felt as packaged crack cocaine before he reached into Parker’s pocket and looked at the plastic bags.”

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Judges: Stevens, Panella, Hudock

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