Commonwealth v. Moyer

NANOYIC, J.,

The defendant in this case, Francis L. Moyer, has filed a motion to suppress evidence, claiming police officers illegally entered his home and arrested him. He also asks that the charges against him for resisting arrest1 and persistent disorderly conduct2 arising from this incident be dismissed.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On November 3, 2002, at approximately 1 a.m., the police received a report of a domestic dispute occurring on the street outside defendant’s home at 241 Carbon Street in Lehighton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Officer Scott Prevosnyak and Corporal Neal Ebbert of the…