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Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 6/11/2007

Commonwealth v. Wilson

Citations

  • 927 A.2d 279
  • 2007 Pa. Super. 175
  • 2007 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1588

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that Terry frisk to ensure officer safety was justified where defendant made suspicious gestures and movements in conjunction with placing hands inside coat pocket as if defendant was reaching for something
  • concluding that defendant’s “suspicious gestures and movements, in conjunction with the fact that he placed his hands inside his coat pocket as if he were reaching for something, could lead [the officer] to reasonably conclude that his safety was in jeopardy.”
  • concluding that the defendant’s “suspicious gestures and movements, in conjunction with the fact that he placed his hands inside his coat pocket as if he were reaching for something,” could lead the police officer to reasonably conclude that his safety was in jeopardy
  • finding that extreme nervousness and furtive movements, combined with the fact that defendant placed his hands inside his coat as if reaching for something, sufficient to justify a frisk
  • finding that the officer’s belief that an object was a weapon was unreasonable because it was “not supported by the physical facts and characteristics of the evidence that was actually seized”
  • finding that extreme nervousness and furtive movements, combined with the fact that defendant placed his hands inside his coat as if reaching for something, all during a valid traffic stop, sufficient to justify a frisk

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Judges: Musmanno, Bowes, Johnson

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