COMMONWEALTH v. WALAK


228 Pa.Super. 404 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Walak, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred B. Bell, Assistant Public Defender, with him Albert C. Gaudio, Assistant Public Defender, and Dante G. Bertani, Public Defender, for appellant.

Patrick H. Mahady, Assistant District Attorney, with him Albert M. Nichols, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


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

The instant appeal from a drug conviction raises two questions worthy of discussion: (1) the trial court erred when it refused to compel the Commonwealth to produce an eyewitness to the alleged crime; and, (2) that the Commonwealth, in violation of Commonwealth v. Kurtz,1 failed to communicate to the Court that the paid informant had received leniency on pending charges as a result of cooperation...

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