Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2/14/1991
Commonwealth v. Savage
Citations
- 589 A.2d 696
- 403 Pa. Super. 446
- 1991 Pa. Super. LEXIS 382
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a campus police officer lacked authority to make an off-campus arrest for traffic offenses that occurred off campus in the Borough of West Chester, and that seized evidence had to be suppressed
- holding that a campus police officer lacked authority to make an off-campus arrest for traffic offenses that occurred off campus in the Borough of West Chester, and that seized evidence had to be suppressed
- statutory language limits the territory of campus police; Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act is inapplicable to campus police
- where the offense and arrest of appellee occurred off campus, campus police, who are generally limited to exercising then-powers on campus, acted beyond their jurisdictional territory
- campus police officer was without authority to arrest driver who ran a red light, and, therefore, suppression of the evidence was needed
- evidence suppressed where a campus police officer acted beyond his jurisdictional authority
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Judges: Cavanaugh, Olszewski, Elliott
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- McKinley v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-18· cited 25×
- McKinley v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-04-19· cited 23×
- McKinley v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-04-19· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. BrandtSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-02-27· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. McPhailSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-08-20· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. CarlsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-01-13· cited 16×
- Horton v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-04-21· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-29· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. BienstockSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-03-22· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. KinerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-06-04· cited 9×
- McKinley v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-03-11· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. RobertsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-06-30· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. CroushoreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-12-04· cited 3×
- Kruth v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-08-26· cited 2×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 173×
- Commonwealth v. MasonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-03· cited 144×
- Commonwealth v. FiumeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-30· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. SaulSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-09-27· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. HoldermanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-01-30· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. MerchantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-06-12· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. RobertsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-05· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. FischerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-13· cited 7×
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