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719 A.2d 273

Commonwealth v. Melius

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 14, 1998

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1998-10-14

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Decided 1998-10-14

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Cited by 27 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2018 · most notably City of Erie v. Pap's A. M. (2000), Commonwealth v. Mockaitis (2003)

21 state decisions

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¶1ORDER

PER CURIAM:

¶2AND NOW, this 14 01 day of October, 1998, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED limited to the following issue:

Whether under the Pennsylvania Constitution, the requirements of probable cause and reasonable suspicion for warrantless stops pertain only to present or future criminal activity, and not past criminal activity.
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