Commonwealth v. Hunt

LIPEZ, Judge:

Appellant was convicted of possession of heroin 1 in a non-jury trial. His only contention is that the court below erred in denying his motion to suppress the heroin introduced against him at trial. Because we agree with appellant’s argument that the heroin was obtained in an unlawful search of appellant’s person, we reverse and grant a new trial.

Our function on review is to determine whether the record supports the suppression court’s factual findings and the legitimacy of the inferences and legal conclusions drawn from those findings. In making this determination, we consider…