Commonwealth v. Malson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
ROWLEY, President Judge:
The Commonwealth has appealed from a trial court order granting appellee’s motion for the suppression of physical evidence. On appeal, it is contended that “the [trial] court committed a clear error of law by suppressing cocaine and cash that police seized from [David Malson (hereinafter “appellee”) ] when they arrested him, after watching him conduct what they [ ] believed to be a drug transaction on a German-town street corner.” We do not agree, and therefore, we affirm.
Initially, we note that in reviewing the grant of a suppression motion “[a]n appellate court must…
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