Defendant was arrested for selling heroin to undercover Police Officer Nelson Vargas. At trial, on the People's direct case and over objection by defendant, Officer Vargas was permitted to testify to the description of the person who sold him the heroin, which he radioed to his backup team. On appeal, defendant argues that this testimony impermissibly buttressed the reliability of Vargas' identification of the defendant at trial.
We find that Officer Vargas was properly...
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