Commonwealth v. Young

Opinion by

Packer, J.,

The defendant appeals from conviction of unlawful use and possession of narcotics. He contends that his arrest was without “probable cause” and that therefore evidence of contraband discovered on his person during the ensuing search should have been suppressed.

At the suppression hearing the arresting detective detailed the circumstances which led him to arrest defendant. After entering a friend’s stamp shop he heard the defendant ask for one thousand glassine envelopes and then say to a companion “we ought to make a thousand dollars out of this.” He recalled that his…