Commonwealth v. Castro

OPINION BY

LAZARUS, J.:

Jose Castro appeals from his judgment of sentence imposed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County on June 22, 2009. Because Castro has satisfied each element of the four-part after-discovered evidence test based on alleged police corruption, we vacate and remand for an evidentiary hearing.

The relevant factual history is as follows. On March 11, 2008, Philadelphia Narcotics Officer Richard Cujdik1 met with a Confidential Informant, identified only as CI-142, to investigate a home in the Kensington section of Philadelphia for suspected drug activity. Officer…