Commonwealth v. McCants

Dissenting Opinion by

Spaulding, J.:

I respectfully dissent.

Appellant John McCants appeals from a conviction for possession of narcotic drugs by the Honorable Peter F. Hagan of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, sitting without a jury.

Prior to trial, appellant moved to suppress the evidence alleging it was seized pursuant to an invalid search warrant. At the pretrial suppression hearing, Officer Katz of the Philadelphia Police Department testified that he had been’ told by a “reliable informant” that the latter had witnessed appellant engaged in illegal drug transactions on May 8…