State v. Martin

JORGENSON, Judge.

Luis Gonzalez, Rogelio Martin, and a confidential informant took part in a drug transaction with undercover police officers. Gonzalez and Martin were subsequently arrested and charged with trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. Both moved for severance and obtained pretrial release.

Shortly after his arraignment, Martin was in a shopping center parking lot when he recognized the confidential informant. Martin violently assaulted him with a pipe and threatened to kill him. The informant was later named in an information charging Martin with aggravated…