Commonwealth v. Yong

OPINION

JUSTICE MUNDY

We 'granted review to consider the parameters of what has been termed the collective knowledge doctrine.1 The specific issue presented in this case is whether an investigating officer’s knowledge of facts sufficient to create probable cause to arrest may be imputed to a second officer, who arrests the suspect, when the two officers are working as a team, but there is no evidence the investigating officer with probable cause -directed the arresting officer to act. Under the version of the collective knowledge doctrine we adopt today, we conclude Yong’s arrest was…