Lowe v. Commonwealth

Defendant Samuel Lowe was tried without a jury and convicted of robbery, possession of heroin and possession of marijuana. To the November 18, 1976 order sentencing him to confinement for these convictions, we granted defendant a writ of error limited to a consideration of four questions. They deal with the legality of a warrantless arrest, the validity of a consensual search, the admissibility of inculpatory statements made by the defendant and the correctness of a pre-trial ruling on discovery.

These are the facts, viewed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, gleaned from the…