Commonwealth v. Bradshaw

WICKERSHAM, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order granting appellee’s motion to suppress evidence. 1 The sole issue presented is whether evidence obtained pursuant to a facially valid search warrant should be suppressed because the informant’s tip, which was reasonably believed by the governmental affiant, was based on a deliberate misstatement. 2

The pertinent facts are as follows. On April 14, 1980, silver and jewelry worth over $30,000 were stolen from a house in Media, Pennsylvania. The next day, the Philadelphia police received a tip from a reliable informant stating that he was with…