Commonwealth v. Bryan

McEWEN, P.J.E.,

Dissenting.

¶ 1 While the majority Opinion reveals a careful analysis and provides a perceptive expression of rationale, I am obliged to dissent, since I cling to the view that informers are so personally vile, their bargains so pernicious,2 and agreements with *543them so precarious,3 that all negotiations and association with them should be undertaken only by prosecutors. Thus, as a matter of principle, the enforcement personnel of this Commonwealth must not be permitted, as are the federal police, to dominate and control the prosecutor and thereby become a system of law unto…