Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Watson

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 11, 1980No. 375PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRICE, Judge:

This Commonwealth appeal arises from the order of the trial court dismissing the complaint against appellee at CC7704588A. 1 For the reasons stated herein, we reverse that order and remand for a new trial.

The pertinent facts are as follows. At trial, Deputy Sheriff Willie Bowman testified that on November 18, 1976, he was assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration. On that date, agent Bowman went to Singer’s Tavern in Pittsburgh’s North Side accompanied by an informant named “Bonnie”. The latter introduced agent Bowman to one Ronald Scott, who asked the agent if he were the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. United States v. DinitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Commonwealth v. BoldenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. GravelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. United States v. Murray Morris Kessler, Richmond C. Harper, Adler B. Seal, James M. Miller,jr., and Joseph MazzukaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DeansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  2. Commonwealth v. DeansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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