COMMONWEALTH v. JONES et al.


229 Pa.Super. 224 (1974)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Jones, et al.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Richman, with him Joseph C. Murray, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant.

John W. Packel, with him Anne F. Johnson, Assistant Defenders, Vincent J. Ziccardi, Defender, Timothy A. Crawford, Ricardo Calvin Jackson, and Ronald J. Brockington, for appellees.

Before WATKINS, P.J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN DER VOORT, and SPAETH, JJ.


OPINION BY CERCONE, J., June 21, 1974:

This appeal by the Commonwealth arises from the lower court's granting of the appellees' motion to suppress evidence discovered after an allegedly illegal search and seizure. The lower court cited the following comprehensive reasons for granting the motion to suppress: "(1) The warrant did not contain information upon which the magistrate could independently conclude there was probable cause for the search. In fact, no probable...

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