Commonwealth v. Jones

SPAETH, Judge:

The Commonwealth appeals from an order granting defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant. The lower court ordered the evidence suppressed because the police officer who served the warrant failed to verify the inventory of items seized when he made return of the warrant to the issuing authority.

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Rule 2009(a) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure provides:

An inventory of items seized shall be made by the law enforcement officer serving a search warrant. The inventory shall be made in the presence of the person from whose possession or…