Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2019

Commonwealth v. Copenhaver v.

Commonwealth v. Copenhaver v.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided June 25, 2019

Commonwealth v. Copenhaver v.

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 13 MAL 2019 Respondent : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from v. : the Order of the Superior Court : : VICTOR LEE COPENHAVER, : : Petitioner :

ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 25th day of June, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

Did the Superior Court err in finding that an expired vehicle registration tag constitutes a “breach of the peace”, thus granting sheriffs and citizens a common law power to arrest on that basis alone?

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