State v. Carter

KELLY, Judge.

The State appeals an order that dismissed the information against Darion Carter after the State was unable to produce the confidential informant who was present when Carter sold cocaine to an undercover police officer. In support of his claim that he was entitled to disclosure of the informant’s identity, Carter filed a motion 1 stating: (1) the informant was “not only a material fact witness and potentially an exculpatory witness, but is a witness to the events that are alleged as probable cause for the arrest of the defendant”; and (2) disclosure is “essential to the…