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Commonwealth v. Weaver

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Mar 5, 2014

PER CURIAM.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court, No. 735 MAL 2013.

Prior report: Pa.Super., 76 A.3d 562.

ORDER


PER CURIAM.


AND NOW, this 5th day of March, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is

GRANTED.

The issue as stated by petitioner is:

(1) Whether horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN) field sobriety test results, which have been deemed to be scientific evidence under Pennsylvania precedent, are [in]admissible at a suppression hearing for lack of probable cause to arrest for driving under the influence absent any admission of foundation evidence presented to show that the HGN test is generally accepted in the scientific community.