COMMONWEALTH v. VALDIVIA

No. 9 MAP 2017.

195 A.3d 855 (2018)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Randy Jesus VALDIVIA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: October 17, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Joshua Marcus, Esq. , Defender Association of Philadelphia, Mark B. Sheppard, Esq. , Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, L.L.P., for Defender Association and PACDL, Amicus Curiae.

Wayne E. Bradburn Jr., Esq. , Marc Andrew Decker, Esq. , Decker Bradburn, Attorneys at Law, for Valdivia, Randy Jesus, Appellant.

Bernard Flynn Cantorna, Esq. , Lawrence Jonathan Goode, Esq. , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Michael Matthew Osterberg, Esq. , Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

This discretionary appeal addresses the scope of consent given by a motorist to law enforcement for the search of his vehicle. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the consent given by Appellant, Randy Jesus Valdivia ("Valdivia"), to Pennsylvania State Police Troopers Jeremy Hoy...

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