Commonwealth v. Reviera

BECK, Judge:

This case involves the question of the legality of an anticipatory search warrant; i.e., whether the police properly obtained a warrant to search a house based upon reliable information that controlled substances would be delivered to the house shortly after the warrant was issued. The trial court suppressed evidence seized by the police on the grounds that a warrant may not be issued in anticipation of *200future criminal activity. After careful consideration, we reverse.

Our standard of appellate review is well established.

In reviewing the findings of a suppression court where the…