People v. Borunda

Opinion

SULLIVAN, J.

Defendant Richard Polacious Borunda was charged by information with possession of heroin. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11500.) His motion to discover the identity of an informant on the ground that he was a material witness on the issue of guilt was granted, and when the People refused disclosure the court ordered the case dismissed. (Pen. Code, § 1385.) The People appeal from the order of dismissal. (Pen. Code, § 1238, subd. (a)(8).)

In August of 1972 a Los Angeles police officer assigned to the narcotics unit received information that two male Mexicans were selling heroin at a…