Commonwealth v. Forster

PRICE, Judge:

This is an appeal from a conviction of possession of a controlled substance.1 Appellant’s sole claim is that the facts alleged in the warrant affidavit were insufficient to constitute probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant. We agree with the issuing magistrate and the lower court that probable cause was shown, and we therefore affirm the judgment of sentence.

On April 17, 1975, pursuant to a warrant, local police entered and searched appellant’s room in a college dormitory. The search garnered 69.0 grams of marijuana, and on the basis of this evidence appellant was…