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VAN der VOORT, Judge, dissenting:
I respectfully disagree with the majority. United States v. Chadwick, 433 U.S. 1, 97 S.Ct. 2476, 53 L.Ed.2d 538 (1977) at 433 U.S. 14, 97 S.Ct. 2485, provides that a warrantless
*109 search of the immediate area may be made pursuant to a custodial arrest not only to protect the police officers from the threat of hidden weapons, or to prevent the destruction of evidence, but also to prevent the chance that “evidence may be concealed.”Thus, I would hold that as long as the complained of search is made of the immediate area within the arrestee’s control, and is contemporaneous with the arrest, the search is valid.
I would affirm the judgment of sentence.
Document Info
Docket Number: 421
Citation Numbers: 416 A.2d 1111, 273 Pa. Super. 105
Judges: Van Der Voort, Watkins and Montgomery
Filed Date: 12/21/1979
Precedential Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 8/25/2023