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COM. v. DOBBINS

934 A.2d 1170 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Cory DOBBINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea C. Parenti, Esq., Thomas W. King, III, Esq., Dillon McCandless King Coulter & Graham L.L.P., Butler, for Pennsylvania Sheriffs' Association.

Robert G. Fleury, Esq., Towanda, for Cory Dobbins.

Stephen G. Downs, Esq., Bradford County District Attorney's Office, Towanda, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER and BALDWIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice BAER.

For the fifth time in the past fifteen years, this Court is called upon to clarify the breadth of county sheriffs'1 authority to investigate, cite, and arrest those who break the law. In a series of cases over that span, we have recognized sheriffs' authority to arrest for breaches of the peace or felonies committed in their presence and to enforce the Vehicle Code, but denied them the opportunity...

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