Commonwealth v. Smith

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 2003-11-19

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Justice NIGRO, dissenting. I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion as I believe that the interaction between Smith and the officers on the bus constituted an unlawful seizure. Here, as the majority notes, the officers boarded the bus, identified themselves as police officers, and explained to the passengers the purpose of the interdiction. The officers approached Smith who was in th…

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