Commonwealth v. Taylor

TAMILIA, Judge.

The Commonwealth presents this appeal from the July 26, 1995 Order granting appellee’s motion to suppress the cocaine recovered from him during a warrantless arrest and search. The facts of this case are as follows.

On the afternoon of August 12, 1991, Constable Daniel M. Certo arrived at an apartment on Thomas Boulevard in Pittsburgh in order to evict appellee for failure to pay rent. Constable Certo notified appellee of the eviction and appellee began to pack his belongings. As he did so, the constable noticed appellee place a plastic bag containing smaller bags of a white…