COMMONWEALTH v. JEFFRIES


226 Pa.Super. 471 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Jeffries, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

April 12, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Paul Wolken, with him Wolken & Landy, for appellant.

Robert L. Eberhardt, Assistant District Attorney, with him Carol Mary Los, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION PER CURIAM, April 12, 1973:

Judgment of sentence affirmed.

DISSENTING OPINION BY SPAULDING, J.:

I respectfully dissent.

Appellant Howard Jeffries was convicted of possession of narcotic drugs in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. He appeals from the judgment of sentence, contending that the police lacked probable cause to arrest him without a warrant.

According to the arresting officer, the circumstances surrounding...

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