COMMONWEALTH v. NORWOOD


456 Pa. 330 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Norwood, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Assistant Defender, with him Anne F. Johnson, Andrea Levin, and Jonathan Miller, Assistant Defenders, and Vincent J. Ziccardi, Defender, for appellant.

Louis A. Perez, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him James T. Ranney and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE NIX, May 23, 1974:

Appellant Wayne Norwood was convicted of possession of narcotic drugs and sentenced to one year probation. The Superior Court affirmed, per curiam, Commonwealth v. Norwood, 221 Pa.Super. 714, 288 A.2d 826 (1972), and we granted allocatur.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether the lower court erred in denying appellant's pretrial motion to suppress evidence...

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