COM. v. FETSICK


392 Pa.Super. 264 (1990)

572 A.2d 793

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Ronald J. FETSICK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 23, 1990.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied August 1, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Geisler, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Scott A. Bradley, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for Com., appellee.

Before ROWLEY, WIEAND and HOFFMAN, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

The issue in this appeal is whether the Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8951 et seq., authorizes a borough police officer who is seated in a patrol car outside his primary jurisdiction to pursue and stop a vehicle which is operated in a suspicious manner as it leaves the borough and enters the jurisdiction in which the policeman is seated.

Following a hearing de novo in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Ronald...

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