Commonwealth v. Jackson

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

In this case, we revisit the issue of whether the police have reasonable suspicion to conduct a stop and frisk pursuant to Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968), based solely on an anonymous tip that a person matching the suspect’s description is carrying a gun. This case also presents the question of whether an article abandoned by the appellant during the course of the stop and frisk may be admissible into evidence at appellant’s trial notwithstanding *487the legality of the frisk, on the grounds that appellant lacked any reasonable…