Edwards v. State

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Charlie Edwards was convicted of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. He asserts as error on appeal the trial court’s denial of information concerning the identity of the confidential informant in the case. Held-.

Appellant argues that the confidential informant could have shed some light on the events in question, and that the trial court should have ordered disclosure of his identity so he could be called as a witness. However, according to the evidence, the confidential informant told two undercover narcotics agents he had “set up a buy” of cocaine and…