Legal Opinion
Goodlow v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 7, 1980No. Civ. 47302PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRODIN, J.
Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition or mandate to compel respondent court to grant his motion to compel disclosure of the name of a confidential informant prior to his probation revocation hearing.
Petitioner was granted three years’ probation on March 2, 1977, after pleading guilty to a charge of selling or giving away a narcotic drug. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11352.) On October 2, 1978, he was arrested by the Pittsburg police after two officers received information from an informant' that petitioner was involved with drugs. A residence was searched and drugs and a gun were…
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