Commonwealth v. Spangler

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

The issue in this case concerns the propriety of suppressing evidence based upon the requirement in Section 5704(2) (ii) of *228the Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act, obligating a prosecutor to act as the custodian of certain recorded evidence.

Following his arrest for narcotics offenses, Emerson Johnson (“Johnson”) identified Appellee, Yuri Spangler (“Spangler”), as an individual from whom he had purchased cocaine and agreed to cooperate with detectives from the West Chester Police Department by purchasing narcotics from Spangler while police recorded such…