State v. Nelson

SACKETT, Judge.

Defendant Vicki Jo Nelson appeals from her conviction on two counts of possession of a controlled substance in violation of Iowa Code § 204.401(3) (1985). Defendant contends the trial court erred in refusing to compel disclosure of the identity of the confidential informant who supplied a police officer with information which was a basis for a subsequent search warrant for defendant and her residence.

On February 12, 1985, Marshalltown Police Lieutenant David Joswiak received information from Detective Theoharris Ka- matchus that Dilauded, a schedule II controlled substance, was…