COM. v. YASTROP


768 A.2d 318 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. David Ronald YASTROP, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Moyer, Allentown, for David Ronald Yastrop.

John Morganelli, District Attorney, Anthony Beltrami, Bethlehem, Bethany Zampogna, District Attorney's Office, Christian A. Fisanick, Special Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth.

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


OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

NEWMAN, Justice.

We granted allowance of appeal in this case to address whether a systematic roadblock set up to detect drunken drivers is constitutional under Article I, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.1 Because this Court has held previously that roadblocks like the one conducted in the present case are permissible under the Pennsylvania Constitution, we hold that a systematic...

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