Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Watson

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 1, 2013PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

STEVENS, P.J.

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, which, sitting as finder of fact in a non-jury trial, found Appellant guilty of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance1 and knowingly or intentionally possessing a controlled substance.2 Appellant claims that the trial court erroneously ruled against compelling identity disclosure of the confidential informant who purchased narcotics from him. We affirm.

The case sub judice arises from events occurring on January 19, 2010, in which Officer Hattie…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Commonwealth v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  3. Commonwealth v. WashingtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  4. Commonwealth v. HerronSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. BingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. EllisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  2. Commonwealth v. JordanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  3. Commonwealth v. KoonceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. Com. v. Bair, S.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  5. Com. v. Bates, M.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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