Commonwealth v. Slaton

I join in that part of the majority opinion which quashes Louis Slaton’s cross-appeal from the trial court’s disposition of Slaton’s suppression motion. I dissent from that portion of the majority opinion which denies the Commonwealth’s appeal from the portion of the trial court’s order which directed the suppression of fraudulent prescriptions seized from Slaton’s Pharmacy on December 6, 1983 and Decern*322ber 7,1983. Because of the potential impact of this case on future narcotics law enforcement efforts in this Commonwealth, I set forth the reasons for my dissent at length.

The principle issue…