Commonwealth v. Johnsonna

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

The Commonwealth appeals from the March 13, 1991, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County granting appellee’s pre-trial motion to suppress 580 vials of crack cocaine.1 On April 4, 1991, the trial court denied appellant’s petition for reconsideration of the motion to suppress, and this appeal followed. For our review, the Commonwealth asks us to consider whether a police officer is legally entitled to pursue a fugitive into a residence where the officer has personal knowledge that a warrant has been issued for the fugitive’s arrest, and the fugitive…