Wilson v. State

Smith, Judge.

Alfred Lee Wilson was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and he appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial. His sole enumeration of error is the failure of the trial court to grant his pre-trial motion, renewed at the close of the State’s case, to compel the State to reveal the identity of a “witness-informant” based on Roviaro v. United States, 353 U. S. 53 (77 SC 623, 1 LE2d 639) (1957). See generally Thornton v. State, 238 Ga. 160 (231 SE2d 729) (1977).

In August 1989, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) began conducting undercover drug…