Commonwealth v. Williams

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal filed by the prosecution from an order of the court below which granted appellee’s motion to suppress. 1 We reverse and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

The facts as found by the trial court reveal the following:

On January 24, 1980, James Dugan was robbed of a bank bag. On February 6, 1980, Detectives Walsh and Russell arrested the appellee, Eric Williams, in connection with the robbery. Detectives Walsh and Russell were informed pri- or to appellee’s arrest that a warrant had been issued. This information proved later to be erroneous.…