Commonwealth v. Crowley

It was error to deny the defendant’s motion to suppress the drugs which the officer found in the defendant’s jacket pocket during a “stop and frisk” of the defendant and his companion. The officer stopped the defendant after he had received information at roll call that the defendant, who was known to the officer from a previous arrest, might be selling drugs at the approximate location where he was subsequently seen. Although the officer was not aware of the factual basis underlying the roll call information, and did not observe any behavior which would furnish probable cause to arrest the…