COMMONWEALTH v. KOHAN


385 Pa. 264 (1956)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Kohan.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Garfinkel, Deputy Attorney General, with him Herbert B. Cohen, Attorney General, for appellant.

No argument was made nor brief submitted for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, May 21, 1956:

On May 10, 1955, while driving his car on Hardy's Road in Hampton Township at a speed which ignored the hazardous conditions of the highway — a light rain was falling, the roadway was wet, winding and slippery — Joseph A. Kohan, 17 years of age, not unnaturally attracted the attention of a State trooper fortuitously on the scene. The officer pursued him an unnamed distance and finally apprehended him on...

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