COM. v. FREEMAN


757 A.2d 903 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Diana Ericker FREEMAN, Appellant. (Two Cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 24, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holly B. Conway, Robert M. Rosenblum, James P. Gregor, Stroudsburg, for Diana Ericker Freeeman.

Mark P. Pazuhanich, Dist. Atty., for Com.

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


OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

The issue before the Court is whether, under the Fourth Amendment, the trial court erred in failing to suppress evidence seized from a vehicle because the consent to the search by the operator was tainted by an illegal detention.

On September 12, 1995, a Pennsylvania State Police trooper was observing westbound traffic on Interstate 80 in Monroe County when he noticed two vehicles traveling fairly close together, switching...

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