COMMONWEALTH v. PRITCHETT


225 Pa.Super. 401 (1973)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Pritchett.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

November 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Philip Paul, 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, appellant.

Leonard Sosnov, Assistant Defender, with him Jonathan Miller and John W. Packel, Assistant Defenders, and Vincent J. Ziccardi, Defender, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY SPAETH, J., November 16, 1973:

This appeal by the Commonwealth raises several issues concerning when the Commonwealth must disclose the identity of an informant as an aid to a defendant in the preparation of his defense.

Defendant was charged with felonious possession and sale of narcotics. Evidence in support of the charges was presented at a preliminary hearing before the Honorable Paul A. Dandridge. Pennsylvania State Trooper Edward I. Bowers...

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