COMMONWEALTH v. SMITH


836 A.2d 5 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. April Georgette SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Sundmaker, Jeffrey G. Valander, Stroudsburg, for April Georgette Smith, appellant.

Bruce Lee Castor, Timothy Woodward, Michael Marino, Mary MacNeil Killinger, Patricia Eileen Coonahan, Norristown, for the Com. of PA, appellee.

Ronald T. Williamson, William H. Ryan, Harrisburg, Robert A. Graci, Pittsburgh, D. Michael Fisher, Harrisburg, for Atty. Gen. of PA.

Before: ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.


OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

This case presents both state and federal search and seizure issues arising from a drug interdiction operation at a commercial bus station terminal. We affirm the order of the Superior Court below.

On November 22, 1996, Agent Ronald Paret of the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office and Trooper David Hodges of the Pennsylvania State Police performed a drug interdiction...

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