State ex rel. Berger v. Superior Court

OPINION

EUBANK, Judge.

This petition for special action by the State of Arizona on the relation of the Maricopa County Attorney seeks reversal of an order of the Superior Court entered in a pending criminal action being prosecuted against Daniel Jay Sorum, the real party in interest here. The order involved requires the State either to disclose the identity of a confidential informant who supplied certain information to the police, or have the charges against Sorum dismissed.

A special action is appropriate to obtain appellate review of such an order. State ex rel. Berger v. Superior Court, 106…