Commonwealth v. Dunlap

OPINION BY

KLEIN, J.:

¶ 1 This appeal presents the issue of whether there was probable cause to search appellant Nathan Dunlap, who was found in possession of illegal drugs. The matter was tried before Judge Wendy Pew in the Philadelphia Municipal Court, who found him guilty. Dunlap filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the common pleas court, and Judge Joyce S. Keane affirmed the guilty verdict and judgment of sentence. The sole issue before Judge Keane was whether Judge Pew erred in denying the motion to suppress evidence at the municipal court proceedings. Dunlap has raised the same…