Court Opinion

ID: 9651683
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 16:31:09.567586+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:40.184777
License: Public Domain

McDERMOTT, Justice,
dissenting.
The majority totally misapprehends the evidence in this case with an astounding cecity. The crucial evidence here is not what the informant Silvoy told the police, but rather what the appellant told Officer Morey in direct, personal negotiations for the sale of the contraband. If Officer Morey is to be believed, and he was, no more compelling scenario of guilt is possible. Assuming the testimony of the informant Silvoy to be hearsay, it was de minimus compared to the inculpation offered by Officer Morey. To order a new trial here to exorcise that evidence, which was in any event cured by the trial judge’s instruction, is almost irresponsible.
LARSEN and PAPADAKOS, JJ., join in this dissenting opinion.