Commonwealth v. Baker

WATKINS, Judge:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County suppressing a revolver seized from under the driver’s seat of the defendant’s automobile pursuant to a warrantless search.

The question raised on appeal is that the court below erred in suppressing the revolver seized from under the seat of defendant’s vehicle pursuant to a warrantless search of the vehicle based on probable cause and exigent circumstances.

The facts are as follows: On August 16, 1983, at 2:00 P.M. the police received the following information from a reliable…