Commonwealth v. Banks

OPINION BY

MOULTON, J.:

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania appeals from the May 9, 2016 order entered in the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas granting Navarro Banks’ motion to suppress physical evidence. Because we conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in granting Banks relief on grounds not asserted in his motion to suppress, we reverse.

The facts of this ease are undisputed. On July 21, 2015, Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole Agent Kriger 1 received an anonymous tip that Banks was violating his parole. Based on this allegation, Agent Kriger and Agent Tracy Gross 2…