MARTIN v. DEPT. OF TRANSP., 584 Pa. 158 (2005)

882 A.2d 1001

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
August 26, 2005.

Petition No. 333 MAL 2005 for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court.

ORDER
PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 26th day of August 2005, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The parties are directed to brief the following issue:

Whether a municipal police officer has authority under the Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8951 et seq., to conduct an extraterritorial arrest of a motorist or implement the Implied Consent Law where the officer has no grounds for arrest or probable cause in the officer’s own jurisdiction but grounds for arrest arise after the officer leaves his jurisdiction in pursuit of the motorist.

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