People v. Vasquez

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered June 6, 1973, convicting him of criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. At a hearing on defendant’s motion to suppress evidence, when it became evident that defendant’s arrest had been precipitated by information supplied by a police informer, defendant requested that the informer’s identity be revealed, but the request was denied. The…