COMMONWEALTH v. GALENDEZ

No. 2798 EDA 2007.

27 A.3d 1042 (2011)

2011 PA Super 180

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Harry GALENDEZ, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor E. Rauch , Philadelphia, for appellant.

Suzan E. Willcox and Hugh J. Burns, Jr. , Assistant District Attorneys, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellee.

BEFORE: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J., and STEVENS, GANTMAN, PANELLA, DONOHUE, SHOGAN, ALLEN, LAZARUS and MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION BY PANELLA, J.:

Appellant, Harry Galendez, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on September 11, 2007, by the Honorable George W. Overton, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. After careful review, we affirm in part and vacate in part.

In this appeal, we consider whether a police officer's knowledge that a person has an outstanding scofflaw warrant and is wanted for questioning in another matter gives that officer probable cause to...

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