Commonwealth v. Ayala

HESTER, Judge:

Following a jury trial, appellant Maria Ayala was convicted of five counts of knowingly or intentionally possessing a controlled substance (heroin), two counts of manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance (heroin), and five counts of criminal conspiracy. Post trial motions were argued and denied and an aggregate sentence of nine and one-half to twenty years imprisonment was imposed. This direct appeal followed.

Facts adduced at trial established that on divers dates in February and March, 1977, undercover narcotics Officer Walter Smith…