State v. Walker, A-49 September Term 2011; Supreme Court; opinion by Rodriguez, P.J.A.D., temporarily assigned; decided April 10. 2013. On certification to the Appellate Division. [Sat below: Judges Fisher and Grall in the Appellate Division; Judge R. Santiago in the Law Division.] DDS No. 14-1-9554 [25 pp.]
Newark Police Detective James Cosgrove received a tip from a confidential source, who had provided useful information on at least 10 occasions, that a black male was selling marijuana, cocaine and heroin from a specified apartment in a Newark public-housing project. Cosgrove and fellow officers, dressed in plain clothes, went to defendant’s apartment, intending to buy CDS from him in order to corroborate the tip.
