The state Superior Court has reversed a common pleas judge’s suppression order in a case where a state trooper made a drug arrest after doing a safety check of a legally parked vehicle.
In reversing the order, the Superior Court ruled the trooper’s interaction with the vehicle’s occupant was a mere encounter and not an investigative detention. The court remanded the case for further proceedings.
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