Wright v. Commonwealth

A jury convicted James Edward Wright of possession of heroin with intent to distribute. The trial court confirmed the verdict and imposed a sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. On appeal, we consider whether the trial court should have suppressed the heroin seized from the defendant’s person in a warrantless search.

George C. Robinson, Jr., a detective attached to the vice division, received a telephone call at 6:00 p.m. on November 8, 1979 advising that “a delivery of dope” would be made at Tweedie’s Record Rack at 6:30 p.m. The caller said that the delivery would be made by…