People v. Gamboa

— Officer Leeds, attached to the narcotics detail, was advised by an informant whom he characterized as “reliable” that a person named “Manuel” was dealing in narcotics and had sold to a woman named Val jean Vallejo and to two other named persons. Similar information was received, a few days later, from a second “reliable” informant. Acting on this information, together with information from a third person not characterized as reliable, the officer interrogated Val jean. She corroborated the information, giving defendant’s full name, his address, his telephone number, the description of his…