People v. Delgaizo

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Vogt, J.), rendered November 21,1980, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. At issue on this appeal is the validity of the denial of defendant’s suppression motion and the legality of defendant’s arrest without a warrant. Defendant was arrested as a result of the undercover activities of an informer, Walter Hildebrand, who, at the instigation of one George Soberon, approached officers of the narcotic division of the State Police and informed them…