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COM. v. MARTINSON

368 Pa.Super. 130 (1987)

533 A.2d 750

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Eric MARTINSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frances G. Gerson, Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for Com., appellant.

John G. McDougall, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before CIRILLO, President Judge, and McEWEN and MONTEMURO, JJ.

McEWEN, Judge:

The Commonwealth has taken this appeal from an order which granted appellee's motion to suppress,1 and argues that the hearing court erred when it directed the suppression of evidence discovered by police officers during an inventory search of a motor vehicle in their custody. We agree and reverse.

Two Philadelphia police officers, on patrol on the Schuylkill Expressway on December 31, 1985, halted a vehicle after...

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