COM. v. THOMPSON

No. 33 EAP 2008

985 A.2d 928 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Percy THOMPSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester Roy Zipris, Ellen T. Greenlee, Karl Baker, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, for Percy Thompson.

Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, Mary Huber, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, GREENSPAN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice GREENSPAN.

Appellant Percy Thompson challenges the Superior Court's order affirming his judgment of sentence for possession of a controlled substance. We affirm.

On January 21, 2005, in the evening, Philadelphia Police Officer Orlando Ortiz was on duty in the 2400 block of Leithgow Street. Officer Ortiz knew the neighborhood as a high crime area in which narcotics, and specifically heroin, regularly were sold. The area was...

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