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STATE v. COLLAZO

No. 48,923

1 Kan. App. 2d 654 (1977)

573 P.2d 214

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. SYLVESTER COLLAZO, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lelyn J. Braun, of Braun and Nyswonger, Chartered, of Garden City, for the appellant.

Don Vsetecka, county attorney, and Curt T. Schneider, attorney general, for the appellee.

Before FOTH, P.J., PARKS and SWINEHART, JJ.

FOTH, J.:

Sylvester Collazo was convicted by a jury of the sale of heroin in violation of K.S.A. 1976 Supp. 65-4127a. He appeals, primarily alleging that the trial court erred by admitting hearsay testimony in violation of his constitutional right to confront the witnesses against him. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

The state's case rested almost entirely on the testimony of John Washington, an undercover narcotics agent for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation...

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