State v. Clovis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

ALLEGRUCCI, J.;

The State appeals the dismissal with prejudice of two counts of a multiple-count complaint as a sanction for the State’s failure to comply with a discovery order to disclose the identity of a confidential informant. A detailed recital of the facts leading up to the dismissal by the district court is necessary to understand the issues raised by the State in this appeal.

On or about March 20, 1989, James Rlair was working as an undercover informant for the Salina Police Department and made a controlled buy of two pounds of methamphetamine.…