Commonwealth v. Rivera

OPINION BY

DANIELS, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed on September 22, 2006. For the following reasons, we remand this case to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing on the after-discovered evidence issue.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 The underlying incident in this case occurred on November 14, 2002, in Philadelphia. An undercover detective, Sergeant DiJoseph, from the New Jersey State Police arranged a drug buy with Appellant. When it appeared that the drug deal would close, Sergeant DiJoseph signaled Philadelphia police who were serving as…