Commonwealth v. Hefferman, J. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT M.D. Appeal Dkt. 143 MAP 2014 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 466 MAL 2014 : Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the : Order of the Superior Court v. : : : JAMES LYNN HEFFERMAN, : : Petitioner : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 17th day of December, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are: (1) Whether a police officer can knowingly violate the MPJA to investigate an alleged crime outside of their jurisdiction with only reasonable suspicion that a crime might have occurred inside their jurisdiction without coming into contact with Defendant at any time inside the officer’s jurisdiction? (2) Whether the Superior Court erred as a matter of law by not applying the exclusionary rule?

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