People v. Casiel

Upon completion of the testimony at a jury trial, the defendant, requesting a trial order of dismissal, moved to dismiss the indictment. The basis for the motion was the People’s refusal to disclose the identity of a confidential informant after the court had overruled the People’s objection to the disclosure.

The indictment herein charges the defendant with criminally selling a dangerous drug in the third degree and criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the sixth degree in that the defendant, Walter Lee Casiel, allegedly sold a quantity of heroin on November 8, 1971, to Joseph Avella, a…