Warrick v. State

MURPHY; Chief Judge.

This case involves the denial of a motion to compel disclosure of the identity of a state confidential informer in a narcotics prosecution; and whether, where the accused asserts the defense of mistaken identification, it was error to conclude that the informer’s identity was irrelevant and that disclosure was therefore not compelled.

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In Brooks v. State, 320 Md. 516, 578 A.2d 783 (1990), we set forth the law governing the scope of the State’s privilege to withhold disclosure of the identity of its confidential informers in criminal cases. The case now before us illustrates…