COM. v. FIRMAN


813 A.2d 643 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. David Allen FIRMAN, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 31, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan Scott Neft, for David Allen Firman, Jr.

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

Kevin Francis McCarthy, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Nicholas J. Staffieri, Robert Michael Waller, Philadelphia, for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.

Terrance R. Henne, Pittsburgh, Albert G. Feczko, Bethel Park, for Port Authority of Allegheny County.

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


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

We allowed appeal to consider the scope of the extraterritorial jurisdiction vested in officers of the Port Authority Police Department of Allegheny County.

Pursuant to the Railway and Street Railway Police Act,1 certain corporations and authorities, including the Port Authority of Allegheny County, are authorized to apply (via the State Police Commissioner) for the commissioning by the...

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