Key legal question
Whether refusal to obtain files from a parallel investigation against A. violated the right to be heard
Extracted holding
No violation; the requested files were not shown to yield relevant additional findings, and the request was properly rejected in anticipatory evaluation of the evidence.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that even if A. had been active in drug dealing earlier, this would not establish that the appellant acted only under A.'s control. The trial court relied on other evidence, especially telephone surveillance, and the alleged earlier conduct of A. was not part of the indictment and would not exculpate the appellant.