Commonwealth v. Rosenfelt

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

The Commonwealth appeals an order, entered in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, suppressing evidence of illegal drug activity seized by Commonwealth Parole Officer Donna Henry from an automobile trunk belonging to Joseph *619Rosenfelt. This case asks us to answer three distinct but interrelated questions: (1) If a parole officer has probable cause, can she conduct a warrantless search of the car trunk of parolee’s automobile for suspected evidence of criminal activity and/or contraband? (2) Did the parole officer have probable cause to search the car trunk? (3) Is…