Blog Posts in Traffic Tickets

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court determines that an auto search no longer requires probable cause and warrant or exigent circumstances. Only probable cause is needed. On April 29, 2013, the Pennsylvania ...

Police officer that witnessed defendant throw cigarette butt out of window did not have reasonable suspicion to stop the vehicle . In a rare case, a Berks County judge ruled that an officer did not ...

HB 1580 introduced by PA Legislature would officially sanction the use of cameras mounted on bus swing arms in aid of catching violators. In a prior article, I had detailed the criminal penalty for ...

Not all pre-textual searches are bad in PA. Police need an objective basis to stop the vehicle for a motor vehicle code violation. In , Commonwealth v. Mammana, 2012 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 87 ...

The commercial trucking industry is a "highly-regulated industry" and provides an exception to the warrant requirement. In a Supreme Court decision, a police officer's warrantless search of a cab to ...

Pursuant to 75 Pa.C.S. Section 3325 (PA Motor Vehicle Code), ALL drivers must pull over and stop In a recent Superior Court decision, the Court held that ALL drivers have a duty to stop and pull to ...