Harvey v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Harvey appeals his conviction of sale of cocaine. OCGA § 16-13-30. He enumerates as error the trial court’s refusal to order the State to reveal the identity of a confidential informant and its failure to conduct an in-camera hearing to determine whether the informant’s testimony would aid the defense.

The State’s case against Harvey was built on the testimony of an undercover narcotics agent. At the motion hearing and trial, he testified that he instructed the informant to offer to transact a drug purchase for $210. The informant later advised the agent that he had told Harvey…