Commonwealth v. Griffin

OPINION BY

DUBOW, J.:

The Commonwealth appeals from the Order entered in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas granting Appellee, Alphonso Griffin, a new trial. After careful review, we conclude that the trial court improperly granted Appellee’s Post-Sentence Motion for a New Trial based on after-discovered evidence. ' Accordingly, we reverse the trial court’s Order and reinstate Appellee’s conviction and Judgment of Sentence.

Between September . 3, 2013, and September 17, 2013, Philadelphia narcotics police officers conducted surveillance at 3153 and 3163 Weymouth Street after receiving…