Commonwealth v. Chesney

OPINION BY FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.E.:

Appellant, Edward Chesney, appeals from the January 25, 2017 judgment of sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County. After careful review, we vacate appellant's judgment of sentence and reverse the trial court's order denying suppression.

The trial court provided the following relevant factual and procedural history:

[L]aw enforcement, pursuant to a warrant, searched a house where [a]ppellant used to live. Arriving at this house, Detective [James] Gresh [ ("Detective Gresh") ] observed a Buick parked in the driveway. Trooper Higdon informed…