Commonwealth v. Gutierrez

OPINION BY

BENDER, J.:

This is a Commonwealth appeal from the order of the trial court granting Marcos M. Gutierrez’s (Defendant) motion to suppress physical evidence. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

The trial court summarized the factual and procedural history of this case as follows:

In July 2010, Gutierrez, through counsel, filed a motion seeking to suppress illegal narcotics found on his person by the Philadelphia Police. Gutierrez claimed that the police did not have the reasonable suspicion required to stop his car because the police acted pursuant to a vague and uncorroborated tip…