Legal Opinion
People v. Jones
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 8, 1976PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtBudd G. Goodman, J.
What does justice require when the court ascertains after jury selection and Wade hearing, that the presence of a confidential informant at the sale was deliberately withheld from the defense until trial and that his whereabouts are now unknown?
The underlying facts are not in dispute. This defendant, James Lee, was arrested on September 25, 1974 for an A-III felony sale which is alleged to have occurred in a bathroom on May 16, 1974 at a bar in New York County. The confidential informant who led the police to the location was also present when the alleged transaction took place between the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- People v. GogginsNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- McCoy Gilmore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- People ex rel. Hairston v. Adult Detention CenterNew York Supreme Court · 1973
- People v. HawkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
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3Cited by1 opinion
- People v. MooreNew York Supreme Court · 1976