State v. Torres

The defendant, Pedro Torres, appeals to this court from the judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of possession of narcotics with intent to sell by a person who is not drug-dependent in violation of General Statutes § 21a-278, and conspiracy to distribute narcotics in violation of General Statutes §§ 2 la-277 (a) and 53a-48 (a). The defendant claims (1) that the trial court improperly found that probable cause existed to issue a search warrant based solely on information from an informant after the court had excised two corroborating paragraphs from the warrant affidavits because it…