Commonwealth v. Davis

OPINION BY

STABILE, J.:

The Commonwealth appeals from an order granting a motion to suppress a handgun. A police officer discovered the handgun during a Terry1 frisk he conducted of Appellee, Nathaniel Davis, in the middle of the night on a West Philadelphia street. Because the suppression court erroneously concluded that the officer lacked valid grounds to detain and frisk Appellee, we reverse and remand.

*998At about 2:00 a.m. on December 22, 2012, Officer Sean Devlin and his partner, Officer Steven Carter, were on routine patrol near 52nd and Arch Streets in Philadelphia.2 Officer Devlin knew…