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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Pennsylvania DUI case about transit authority jurisdiction issued on 07-31-09


Allegheny County, PA - On July 31, 2009 the Superior Court of Pennsylvania handed down a decision reversing the suppression of evidence in the case of Pennsylvania v. Derek Bloom.

The issue that the court had to decide was whether the lower court erred when it concluded that a Port Authority officer lacked jurisdiction to stop Mr. Bloom's vehicle.

Per statute, the Railroad and Street Railway Police act, railroad and railway police have jurisdiction in the City in, on, and in the immediate and adjacent vicinity of the transit property.

The court concluded that Mr. Bloom was, in fact, stopped in the immediate and adjacent vicinity and was within 150 feet from Port Authority property. Because of the proximity, the Appeals Court said that the lower court should not have suppressed evidence in this case.

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