Commonwealth v. Katchmer

Dissenting Opinion by

Hoffman, J.:

Appellant was arrested and charged with having sold one gram of hashish to a police undercover agent. At trial the only substantive evidence produced against appellant was the testimony of the agent-informer, Paul Guy. The defense presented was one of alibi. Appellant and two other witnesses testified to the effect that appellant could not have made the drug sale because he was out of town at the time. Before cross-examination of the alibi witnesses defense counsel informed the judge at side bar that he was aware the witnesses had juvenile court records.…