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Officer arriving at disabled vehicle does not "seize" driver PDF Print E-mail
In Commonwealth v. Conte, 1805 M.D.A. 2006, the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled on August 2, 2007, that an officer who approaches a disabled vehicle alongside the road and who activates the overhead lights and approaches the apparent driver does not "seize" the driver for purposes of the Pennsylvania or United States constitutions.  The officer's observations of "classic" signs of intoxication were admissible and the conviction of the driver for DUI was sustained.
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In a Commonwealth Court case docketed at Giambrone v. Commonwealth, 484 C.D. 2006, an en banc panel of the Commonwealth Court ruled on June 13, 2007 that an individual sentenced to a totally concurrent sentence for twelve drug possession offenses over a three and a half month period should have her licenses suspended for 11 periods of six months consecutive to each other. 
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