Commonwealth v. Wright

OPINION BY

STABILE, J.:

Appellant, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appeals from the trial court’s April 16, 2013 order suppressing evidence. The Commonwealth asks us to decide whether the trial court erred in suppressing a cell phone that police seized pursuant to the plain view doctrine. We affirm.

The trial court recited the pertinent facts and procedural history in its Pa. R.A.P. 1925(a) opinion:

On July 2, 2012, [Appellee, Joshua Thomas Wright (“Appellee”) ], was charged with two counts of criminal homicide, one count of burglary, and one count of possession of a prohibited firearm stemming…