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PEOPLE v. GOGGINS

34 N.Y.2d 163 (1974)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Phillip Goggins, Respondent. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert Brown, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Roger Bennet Adler of counsel), for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Steven Lloyd Barrett and William E. Hellerstein for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Henry J. Boitel for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Roger Bennet Adler of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JONES, STEVENS and RABIN concur with Judge WACHTLER; Judges JASEN and GABRIELLI concur in result only.

WACHTLER, J.

Both of these cases raise a common issue concerning a defendant's right to disclosure of the identity of a police informant. In each case the informant introduced an undercover police officer to a drug seller and shortly thereafter departed from the immediate area. The undercover officer then made a purchase, left the scene, and the defendant was later arrested by other officers relying on information...

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