COM. v. GLEASON


785 A.2d 983 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Sean GLEASON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Miller, Assistant Public Defender, Chester County Public Defender's Office, West Chester, for Sean Gleason.

David R. Crowley, amicus curiae, Bellefonte, for Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Thomas Ost-Prisco, Anthony Sarione, West Chester, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Stuart B. Suss, amicus curiae, West Chester, for Attorney General.

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


OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We granted allowance of appeal in this case to determine whether an arresting officer possesses reasonable and articulable grounds to believe that a licensee violated a provision of the Vehicle Code, warranting the stop of the licensee's car, based upon his observations that the licensee's vehicle crossed the berm line by six to eight inches on two occasions for a period of a second or two over a distance of approximately...

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