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COM. v. WHITMYER

542 Pa. 545 (1995)

668 A.2d 1113

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Jack A. WHITMYER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 29, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Eakin, Alison Taylor, for Commonwealth.

Peter B. Foster, for J.A. Whitmyer.

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

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an Order of the Superior Court which affirmed the suppression of all evidence obtained from the stop of a vehicle driven by Appellee, Jack A. Whitmyer. We granted allocatur to review the standard applied by the lower courts in addressing the legality of the automobile stop by police under the following facts.

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