DUI • Traffic Stop Based on “Coincidence” • Warrant Requirement for Blood Alcohol Testing

Commonwealth v. Haines, PICS Case No. 17-1132 (Pa. Super. June 30, 2017) Moulton, J. (20 pages).

Police had reasonable suspicion to investigate, pursuant to a potential violation of the statutory duty to report a crashed vehicle, whether the operator of that vehicle was in a second vehicle stopped by police, since the second vehicle stopped on the same stretch of deserted roadway long enough to pick someone up, and was registered to an individual sharing the same last name as the operator of the crashed vehicle. Judgment of sentence affirmed.

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