The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld the conviction of an Altoona man serving a state prison sentence for three illegal drug sales, even though the confidential informant who made the purchases was not available to testify during his trial. The police informant died prior to the trial, and the defendant, Henry Charles Agnew, now 39, wanted to ask a police officer on cross-examination why the informant was not available to testify. As Agnew explained to Senior Judge Hiram A. Carpenter, the CI had committed suicide, and he believed that circumstance would give the jury pause as to ...