Commonwealth v. Cook

OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the police officers demonstrated the requisite cause to stop appellant and recover the contraband discarded by him pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. For the reasons which follow, we agree with the lower courts and hold that the police officers demonstrated reasonable suspicion sufficient to permit a stop and thus, could lawfully recover the contraband abandoned by appellant.

As the issue before us stems from the ruling of the suppression court our standard of review is limited. When…