Commonwealth v. Chase

BECK, Judge:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from a trial court order suppressing evidence seized from the defendant. We find that the police had probable cause to arrest the defendant, and that the search and seizure of evidence in the possession of the defendant was proper. Accordingly, we reverse the suppression order.

The following facts were established by the uncontradicted suppression hearing testimony of Lieutenant Michael Morrin of the Philadelphia Police Narcotics Unit. At approximately 5:30 P.M. on July 9, 1987, Lieutenant Morrin was stationed as a back-up for Brown, a fellow…