People v. Hen Chin

WOOD (Fred B.), J.

An officer experienced in the enforcement of the narcotics laws 1 knew defendant Rudy Chin and knew Chin to be a user of narcotics. 2 He had an agent working under him who was buying narcotics from one McNamara and reported that McNamara twice took the agent to the vicinity of a certain hotel and told the agent that McNamara’s connection was a Chinese by the name of Rudy. About two hours before going to that hotel, the officer interviewed a Chinese informant (one who had given reliable information on previous occasions and who was known to the officer as an associate of Rudy…