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COM. v. COOK

558 Pa. 50 (1999)

735 A.2d 673

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Gregory Spencer COOK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Muller, Sr. Deputy Public Defender, for Gregory S. Cook.

John F. Cherry, District Attorney, Eric R. Augustine, Deputy District Attorney, for Com.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the police officers demonstrated the requisite cause to stop appellant and recover the contraband discarded by him pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. For the reasons which follow, we agree with the lower courts and hold that the police officers demonstrated reasonable suspicion sufficient to permit a stop and thus, could lawfully recover the...

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