Commonwealth v. Campbell

BECK, Judge:

The instant appeal requires us to visit once again the dimensions of a “stop and frisk” conducted with less than probable cause and to evaluate the circumstances under which such a procedure is constitutionally permissible.

Appellant Braden Campbell was arrested along with two companions, Richard DeMatteis and Larry Bonetti, and each was charged with various counts of drug and weapons offenses. Although the cases were not joined for trial, a consolidated omnibus pretrial hearing was held on August 15, 1989, at which appellant, DeMatteis and Bonetti sought to suppress physical…