COMMONWEALTH v. YOUNG


222 Pa.Super. 355 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Young, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea Levin and Francis S. Wright, Assistant Defenders, and Vincent J. Ziccardi, Defender, for appellant.

Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorney, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, CERCONE, and PACKEL, JJ.


OPINION BY PACKEL, J., September 15, 1972:

The defendant appeals from conviction of unlawful use and possession of narcotics. He contends that his arrest was without "probable cause" and that therefore evidence of contraband discovered on his person during the ensuing search should have been suppressed.

At the suppression hearing the arresting detective detailed the circumstances which led him to arrest...

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