Commonwealth v. Jackson

VAN der VOORT, Judge:

Appellant, Robert Lee Jackson, was found guilty by a jury of being an accessory before the fact to the delivery of a controlled substance in violation of the Pennsylvania Penal Code, 18 P.S. 5105. *

The transaction, as identified by Thomas F. Lepere, an undercover agent for the Bureau of Drug Control, consisted of a sidewalk negotiation in the City of Scranton between the appellant and the undercover agent. The agent inquired of appellant as to the availability of several drugs and was told that cocaine was available from a Mr. Clay who stood nearby. The agent negotiated…