Commonwealth v. Thomas

TAMILIA, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence imposed following appellant’s convictions of manufacture and possession of a controlled substance.1 Immediately following his conviction, appellant was sentenced to serve a one-year term of probation.

Appellant was charged with the above crimes after Pittsburgh police officers received information from a confidential informant and a telephone complaint that marijuana was growing on the roof of the apartment building at 5738 Howe Street by an actor known as “Chris”. The telephone complaint further informed the officers that the roof…