Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1/6/1999

Commonwealth v. Sierra

Citations

723 A.2d 644
555 Pa. 170
1999 Pa. LEXIS 10

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noting that the police officer’s repetition of the same question, despite receiving a negative response, combined with other factors to create an investigative detention
holding officer’s continued questioning of driver after issuing traffic citation was an investigative detention
setting forth three tiers of interaction between a citizen and the police
police officer's repeated questioning of the driver of stopped vehicle with same question after having returned driver's license and issued warning for speeding was investigative detention
police officer's repeated questioning of the driver of stopped vehicle with same question after having returned driver's license and issued warning for speeding was investigative detention

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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Affirmance, Reversal

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