People v. Sacchitella

This is an appeal from a judgment convicting defendant, after trial, of the crimes of feloniously selling of narcotics, felonious possession of a narcotic drug and felonious possession of a narcotic drug, with an intent to sell.

It can be argued that there was sufficient evidence adduced by the People to warrant a verdict of guilty. However, we are of the opinion that the admission into evidence of the tape which purportedly contains conversations held between the People’s main witness, a professional police informer, and the defendant, was prejudicial error. This informer testified that he…