Commonwealth v. Chinea

HOFFMAN, Judge:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from the lower court’s order suppressing the fruits of a search conducted pursuant to an allegedly defective warrant. 1 Because we agree with the Commonwealth that the defect was insubstantial, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

On November 18, 1975, Officer íerry K. Wagner of the Reading Police Department, Vice Control Division, applied to District Magistrate Patsy Spadafora for a search warrant authorizing the search of appellee and of Chinea's Grocery Store, 609 Bingaman Street, Reading, Berks County. The warrant application…