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COM. v. MATOS

543 Pa. 449 (1996)

672 A.2d 769

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Danny MATOS, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Andrew McFADDEN, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Richard CARROLL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 26, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Helen A. Marino, Philadelphia, for D. Matos, R. Carroll.

Catherine Marshall, Ronald Eisenberg, Hugh J. Burns, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth.

John W. Packel, Ellen T. Greenlee, Helen A. Marino, Philadelphia, for A. McFadden.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.

MAJORITY OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.1

The three instant appeals were consolidated for oral argument and will be disposed of together in this opinion since they raise a single identical issue; namely, whether contraband discarded by a person fleeing a police officer are the fruits of an illegal "seizure" where the officer possessed neither "probable cause" to arrest the individual nor reasonable suspicion to stop the individual...

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