Commonwealth v. Dargon

NEALON, J.,

— After the defendant was convicted of various drug offenses and sentenced to be incarcerated for eight to 16 years, he filed the instant motion seeking a judgment of acquittal or a new trial. Defendant contends that the recent ruling in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004), barred the Commonwealth’s use of a non-testifying confidential informant’s statements under the “course of conduct” exception to the hearsay rule. Defendant also requests a new trial on the basis of after-discovered evidence and challenges the validity of his consent to…