People v. Vario

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered February 27, 1976, convicting him of rewarding official misconduct and conspiracy in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law, and indictment dismissed. Appellant and a codefendant, Clyde Brooks, were convicted of having conspired to reward official misconduct, and of the substantive crime itself. The charges arise out of a payment by Brooks to an undercover police officer to secure confidential information as to illegal gambling locations. Appellant’s conviction…