Commonwealth v. Merbah

DOWLING, Judge:

The appellant, Michael Merbah, seeks review of his conviction in the court below of several offenses 1 arising out of an armed robbery of a Seven-Eleven store. Shortly after the crime had been committed, the police stopped a van occupied by the appellant and his accomplices in response to a police radio broadcast stating that a van of similar description had been identified near the scene of the crime. Appellant submits that this police action was constitutionally infirm in that there was insufficient evidence of probable cause to justify an investigative stop. The question of…