State v. Rambahal

OPINION

GILDEA, Justice.

Appellant Johnny Rambahal is charged with violating Minn.Stat. § 624.713, subd. 1(b) (2006), which prohibits him from possessing a pistol because of a prior conviction for a crime of violence. In the course of discovery, the State disclosed two police reports from a separate robbery investigation. These police reports contain statements of a “concerned citizen,” whom Rambahal argues has exculpatory information in his case. Rambahal successfully moved the district court for an order compelling disclosure of the citizen informant’s identity. The State appealed the order,…