People v. Viramontes

Opinion

POTTER, J.

This is an appeal by the People (Pen. Code, § 1238, subd. (a)(8)) from an order dismissing an information which charged defendant with possession of heroin for sale (Health & Saf. Code, § 11351). The order was entered after the People refused to disclose the identity of a confidential informant.

The following are the facts, as adduced from the evidence presented at the preliminary hearing and from the subsequent superior court hearing. Defendant, at all times during the events that transpired leading to his arrest, was a parolee under the supervision of Parole Agent Salvador…