Guzman v. State

The defendant Fidel Guzman appeals his conviction and sentence for trafficking in cocaine, and urges two points for reversal. We find no merit in either point and affirm.

First, the defendant claims error in the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss and his motion for a new trial based on the state’s failure to disclose, upon prior order of the trial court, the whereabouts of a confidential informant who, it is urged, was needed for defense use in the instant case. We cannot agree. There is no showing that the state, either through calculated official ignorance or deliberate,…