Legal Opinion
Thornton v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 7, 1977No. 32534PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Justice.
Prior to the trial of this case, the defendant sought to obtain the identity of an informer pursuant to a Brady motion (Brady v. Maryland, 373 U. S. 83 (83 SC 1194, 10 LE2d 215) (1963)). The state asserted an absolute privilege which the trial court upheld without hearing evidence.
On appeal, Thornton v. State, 238 Ga. 160 (2) (231 SE2d 729) (1977), we noted that there are three types of informers — participants, witnesses and mere tipsters. (In examining the question, we traced developments in the decisions of the Court of Appeals and observed that a decoy is either a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Thornton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
3Cited by5 opinions
- Stiggers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
- Crumbley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- State v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- Brinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Butler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978