Commonwealth v. Garrick

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

Appellant was arrested without a warrant by a Philadelphia police officer on May 12, 1966 and found guilty of the charge of illegal use of narcotics, a misdemeanor. He received a suspended sentence and was put on probation for one year.

Appellant contends the arrest without a warrant was illegal and the court below erred in refusing his timely motion to suppress “all evidence” which resulted from that arrest.

The arresting officer, at the time of the arrest a member of the Special Investigations Squad specializing in narcotics, testified he was sent with another officer to…