Commonwealth v. Warrens Gelin

Summary

The court affirmed the revocation of probation and the denial of a motion for a new probation violation hearing. It held that reliable circumstantial and hearsay evidence supported findings that the probationer possessed cocaine with intent to distribute and unlawfully possessed an operable firearm. It also concluded that counsel was not ineffective for failing to seek suppression of evidence from the traffic stop on equal protection grounds because suppression generally is unavailable in probation revocation proceedings and counsel's omission did not fall below the required standard.