Commonwealth v. Hude

I would affirm the judgment of conviction entered by the court below and for that reason respectively dissent from the decision to order a new trial.

Appellant was tried before a jury and convicted on seven separate criminal indictments charging the appellant with possession and delivery of marijuana on or about seven different dates between November, 1974 and January, 1975. He was acquitted on an eighth such charge. The Commonwealth’s evidence consisted of the testimony of one Barry Hagemus, a high school student, who testified that on these seven occasions the appellant sold him varying…