448 Pa. Super. 436 - Commonwealth v. Tither’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently December 2021
13 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Wong Sun v. United States · Commonwealth v. DeWitt · 415 Pa. Super. 252 - Commonwealth v. Lopez · 293 Pa. Super. 64 - Commonwealth v. Prengle
Most-quoted passages
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“In this case, the officer, a 23-year veteran in full uniform and in a marked police vehicle, was on routine patrol at about 6:55 p.m. in a section of Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, known to this officer for frequent drug transactions and prostitution problems. For 11 years prior to this incident, the officer had patrolled this particular area of the Township. During his 23 years of service, he made 40 to 50 drug arrests, including in this particular area. Suddenly he heard someone yell, “5-0, 5-0.” He knew this to be street jargon warning that police are in the area. He then noticed several things at the same time. He observed an Oldsmobile Cutlass automobile stopped in the middle of the one-way street about 100’ in front of him. He noted people on the sidewalk. He also noticed a male standing in the street, reaching into the car. Upon hearing “5-0, 5-0” being yelled, the male left the car and walked into the nearest building. The car pulled away immediately. The officer concluded that he was witnessing a possible drug sale and he proceeded to try to follow the vehicle to stop it and look for drugs. Meanwhile, other cars got between them. Finally, the Oldsmobile made a left turn and so did the officer. The Oldsmobile then pulled over on its own and stopped. The officer had not activated his overhead lights. He noted that the interior light was on in the car, and he observed the female driver looking towards the right and downward. The male passenger looked left”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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