STATE v. FLOREZ


248 N.J. Super. 54 (1991)

589 A.2d 1382

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. ALEX FLOREZ AND HAROLD GARCIA, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Somerset County.

Decided March 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Wronko for plaintiff (Nicholas L. Bissell, Jr., Prosecutor of Somerset County, attorney).

Anthony J. Mignella for defendant Alex Florez (William J. Bizub, Deputy Public Defender of Somerset County, attorney).

William O. Perkins, Jr. for defendant Harold Garcia (Perkins & Medal, attorneys).


IMBRIANI, P.J.Cr.

The issue in this case is whether the State should be compelled to disclose the true name and address of a confidential informant. The State acknowledges that his testimony at the trial is essential to a fair determination of the issues. Consequently, he had been identified as a Nicholas Cappolo, but the State now concedes that although he has used this name for several years it is in fact a pseudonym.

This case involved a "reverse sting...

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