Taylor v. Commonwealth

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed a judgment which had convicted Taylor of possession of cocaine as a subsequent offense and tampering with physical evidence. He was sentenced to nine years in prison.

The major issue in this investigatory-stop case is whether an unnamed tipster’s information was sufficient to warrant the stop considering that the defense was not permitted to examine a police officer as to the veracity and reliability of the informant. A separate issue is whether a defendant may properly be convicted of tampering with…