COM. v. McCLEASE


750 A.2d 320 (2000)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Anthony McCLEASE, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Leckerman, Doylestown, for appellant.

Stephen B. Harris, Asst. Dist. Atty., Warington, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before McEWEN, President Judge, and JOHNSON and OLSZEWSKI, JJ.


JOHNSON, J.:

¶ 1 In this appeal we consider whether an exchange between a police officer and a member of the public may rise from the level of a mere encounter to that of a seizure absent evidence that the purportedly seized person intended to leave the scene prior to or during the exchange with the police officer. We hold that notwithstanding the absence of evidence to establish a person's intent to leave the scene...

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