Court Opinion

ID: 9747355
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 15:12:27.494156+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:23.130690
License: Public Domain

HUTCHINSON, Justice,
concurring.
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution require that the authorities act reasonably in seizing per*534sons or property. I read the majority opinion as simply holding that the police did act reasonably in investigating this situation and making a Terry stop, Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968), after the barking dog alerted them. The facts as set out by the majority show that conclusion is plainly correct and I therefore join the majority opinion.