Commonwealth v. Lloyd

Opinion

Per Curiam,

Appellant was convicted after a nonjury trial in Philadelphia on September 30, 1966 of felonious pos session and sale of narcotic drugs. The Superior Court affirmed appellant Lloyd’s conviction without opinion; a petition for allowance of appeal followed. This petition is granted, the Superior and trial courts are reversed and a new trial is granted.

The prosecution’s sole witness to the alleged “buy” of narcotics was LaForrest Russell, a Federal Bureau of Investigation undercover agent. Russell testified that he was introduced to appellant by an informer and that appellant…