Commonwealth v. Martinelli

POPOVICH, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal by the Commonwealth of the order of the lower court entered on August 19,1998, in the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County by which the lower court suppressed all evidence seized by the police during their search of appellee’s apartment. Citing our Supreme Court’s decision in Commonwealth v. Chambers, 528 Pa. 403, 598 A.2d 539 (1991), the lower court suppressed the evidence because it found that the police violated the “knock and announce” rule embodied in Pa.R.Crim.P. 2007. Upon review, we affirm.

¶ 2 Herein, the . Commonwealth questions: “Did the lower…