Commonwealth v. Trotman

The Commonwealth, appellant herein, contends that the lower court erred in granting appellee’s motion to suppress certain physical evidence and statements on the basis that they had been obtained as a result of an illegal search. Appellee has filed a motion to quash this appeal. For the reasons which follow, we grant appellee’s motion.

“It is settled that the Commonwealth may only appeal from a pretrial suppression order if the question raised by the order is a pure question of law, and if the order effectively terminates or substantially handicaps the prosecution .. . .” Commonwealth v.…