Pennsylvania v. Lagenella Jr. (majority)
Annotate this CaseAppellant Francis Lagenella, Jr. argued on appeal to the Supreme Court that the Superior Court erred in affirming the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized by a police officer during a warrantless inventory search of his vehicle following a valid traffic stop. Upon careful consideration of the trial court record, the Supreme Court concluded there was no basis for the officer to conduct an inventory search of Appellant's vehicle, therefore that the evidence discovered during the inventory search should have been suppressed.
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