Pennsylvania Constitution Art. I, §8 • Parole Revocation Hearing • Reasonable Suspicion • Exclusionary Rule
Commonwealth v. Arter, PICS Case No. 17-0029 (Pa. Dec. 28, 2016) Todd, J., Saylor ,C. J .(dissenting) (36 pages).
Superior court erred in denying appellant’s motion to suppress evidence in his parole revocation hearing that had been suppressed in his criminal trial due to the lack of reasonable suspicion because under Art. I, §8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, the exclusionary rule applied at appellant’s revocation proceeding. Reversed.