Commonwealth v. Lagamba

POPOVICH, Judge:

This matter is on appeal by the Commonwealth from an order granting a motion to suppress. 1 We reverse.

As stated in Commonwealth v. Hamlin, 503 Pa. 210, 469 A.2d 137, 138-139 (1983):

The well established judicial principle is that in reviewing a suppression court’s ruling the appellate court is bound by factual findings supported by the record. [A]nd, [it] may not substitute [its] own findings for those of the suppression court. This principle of deference to trial courts has one important caveat however, appellate courts are not bound by findings wholly lacking in evidence.

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