People v. Hussain

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lewis L. Douglass, J.

The issue to be decided is whether the Trial Judge, in a narcotics prosecution, may conduct an ex parte in camera examination of an informant, in order to determine whether to make the identity of the informant known to the defense.

Informants in narcotics cases will generally fall into two categories. The first are those who tell law enforcement officers that they believe a particular person is dealing drugs at a particular location and then have no further significant involvement in the investigation. The second are those informants who become more…