COM. v. MONTGOMERY


513 Pa. 138 (1986)

518 A.2d 1197

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Gary Leo MONTGOMERY and Samuel Tribuiani, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary M. Killinger, Chief, Appeals Div., Fort Washington, for appellant.

Gilbert J. Scutti, Philadelphia, for Gary Leo Montgomery.

Maurino J. Rossanese, Norristown, for Samuel Tribuiani.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue presented for our consideration in this case is whether the Intra-State Hot Pursuit statute, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 8901, as it existed prior to its repeal in 1982, authorized an extraterritorial arrest for which probable cause arose after the pursuing officer had crossed the territorial limit of his political subdivision.

Several wealthy neighborhoods in Abington Township, Montgomery County, had been...

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