Commonwealth v. Lyles

OPINION BY

BENDER, J.:

The Commonwealth appeals the suppression court’s ruling on Appellee’s motion to suppress the evidence entered on the record on March 15, 2011. Finding no reasonable suspicion to request Appellee’s identification, the court suppressed the narcotics subsequently seized on Appel-lee’s person as fruit of the poisonous tree. After careful review, we reverse.

The suppression court summarized the “sum and substance of the credible testimony and evidence from the suppression hearing” as follows:

On July 11, 2009 at approximately 4:30 PM, while patrolling the neighborhood in a…