Commonwealth v. Drew

Opinion by

Gunther, J.,

Alvin B. Drew has taken this appeal from his conviction and sentence on a charge of illegal possession and sale of narcotic drugs. On January 21, 1959, he was sentenced to the Eastern State Penitentiary for a term of not less than seven and one-half nor more than thirty years.

The conviction was based primarily on the testimony of Harold M. Carter, a police officer assigned to narcotics unit in Philadelphia. He testified that as an undercover agent he purchased from Drew two small packages of drugs found to contain heroin for the sum of $25.00 on September 5, 1957 at…