Commonwealth v. Jordan

*67DISSENTING OPINION BY

WECHT, J.:

The Commonwealth appeals from' a sanction order that was imposed by the trial court. The court imposed that sanction only after the prosecutor intentionally and openly disobeyed an explicit order. That order required the prosecutor to disclose the identity of one out of two confidential informants whose identities the defense had sought.

Without even the slightest condemnation of the prosecutor’s defiance, today’s learned Majority excuses the prosecutor’s conduct. Instead, the Majority takes issue not with the defiant lawyer, but with the trial court that was…