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2013 PA Super 99
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,  IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF  
PENNSYLVANIA  
Appellee  
v.  
MICHAEL WATSON,  
Appellant  No. 1435 EDA 2011  

Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence May 2, 2011
In the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County
Criminal Division at No(s): CP-51-CR-0006318-2010

BEFORE: STEVENS, P.J., BOWES, J., and FITZGERALD, J. *
OPINION BY STEVENS, P.J. FILED MAY 01, 2013

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, which, sitting as finder of fact in a non-jury trial, found Appellant guilty of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance1 and knowingly or intentionally possessing a controlled substance.2 Appellant claims that the trial court erroneously ruled against compelling identity disclosure of the confidential informant who purchased narcotics from him. We affirm.
The case sub judice arises from events occurring on January 19, 2010, in which Officer Hattie McKellar of the Narcotics Field Unit surveillance team
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Former Justice specially assigned to the Superior Court. 1 35 Pa.C.S.A.

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