STATE v. GARCIA


255 N.J. Super. 459 (1992)

605 A.2d 728

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. MATTEO GARCIA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilfredo Caraballo, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Jay L. Wilensky, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the letter brief).

Herbert H. Tate, Jr., Essex County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Virginia M. Lincoln, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges KING, GRUCCIO and BROCHIN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by GRUCCIO, J.A.D.

This appeal involves a single narcotics transaction which was observed by police from a hidden surveillance point. The location of the surveillance point was the subject of a Rules of Evid., Rule 8 hearing which was held upon the State's motion for a protective order. The trial judge determined that disclosure of the vantage point was not necessary. We affirm.

Following a jury trial, defendant...

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