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COM. v. WILSON

440 Pa.Super. 269 (1995)

655 A.2d 557

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James WILSON, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed February 24, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erica H. Koisling, Asst. Public Defender, Doylestown, for appellant.

T. Gary Gambardella, Asst. Dist. Atty., Doylestown, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BECK, KELLY and HOFFMAN, JJ.

KELLY, Judge:

In this opinion, we are called upon to determine whether a suspect's acts of twice alighting from a vehicle in a neighborhood known for a high degree of drug-related activity constitutes sufficient facts to justify a subsequent warrantless investigative stop of the vehicle by police under Terry v. Ohio.1 We hold that the facts as found by the suppression court do not support the conclusion that the police had a reasonable...

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