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COM. v. HAWKINS

547 Pa. 652 (1997)

692 A.2d 1068

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Michael HAWKINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Zuckerman, Philadelphia, for Michael Hawkins.

Catherine Marshall and Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Philadelphia, for Commonwealth.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

This case concerns whether a police radio broadcast that a man of a particular description is carrying a gun may serve as the justification for a search of that person and the seizure of the gun he is carrying when the arresting officer is unable to authenticate the telephone message on which the radio broadcast was based or provide an independent basis for the stop and frisk.<...

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