Commonwealth v. Dias

This matter is here on the Commonwealth’s petition, filed pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, which a single justice reserved and reported to the full court. The Commonwealth *464seeks relief from a ruling of a Superior Court judge requiring it to disclose the identity of a confidential informant, and from the judge’s denial of the Commonwealth’s subsequent motion for an in camera hearing, prior to that order taking effect, to determine whether the informant had a valid privilege pursuant to the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and, if not, whether the informant had information that…