Commonwealth v. Bender

OPINION BY

GRACI, J.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1 This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an Opinion and Order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County suppressing a tape-recorded conversation between Appellee, Jon Gregory Bender (“Bender”), and a confidential informant. We reverse.

¶ 2 At issue here is the admissibility of a tape-recorded conversation procured by the Pennsylvania State Police without a warrant. The informant, David Lint (“Lint”), notified police on May 17, 2001, that Bender had approached him about killing Bender’s ex-girlfriend in exchange for $50,000.…