PEOPLE v. SANTIAGO


70 A.D.2d 561 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Santiago, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 24, 1979


Affirmed.

Sandler, J., dissenting.

The defendant appeals from his conviction following a jury trial of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree. The principal question presented is whether the trial court should have granted a mistrial when the arresting officer improperly volunteered that an informant had told him that the defendant was selling drugs, and when the District Attorney thereafter invited further attention...

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