COM. v. JOHNSON


429 Pa.Super. 158 (1993)

631 A.2d 1335

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Dwight JOHNSON, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Mittleman, Asst. Dist. Atty., Media, for Com., appellant.

Dennis Woody, Media, for appellee.

Before CIRILLO, BECK and KELLY, JJ.


KELLY, Judge:

In this opinion we are called upon to determine whether a police officer's tactile impression of contraband during a valid Terry stop was sufficient to constitute probable cause to arrest. We hold that it was, and under the standard recently announced by the United States Supreme Court in Minnesota v. Dickerson, ___ U.S. ___, 113 S.Ct. 2130, 124 L.Ed.2d 334 (1993) (No. 91-2019, slip...

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