State v. Oliver

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Weintraub, C. J.

Defendant Oliver was convicted of bookmaking in violation of N. J. S. 2A :112-3. The Appellate Division reversed because the trial court refused to order the State to disclose the identity of an informer. State v. Oliver, 92 N. J. Super. 228 (App. Div. 1966). We granted certification, 48 N. J. 143 (1966). The case was argued with State v. Bacsko, 50 N. J. 49 (1967), and State v. Krempecki, 50 N. J. 50 (1967), both decided today, which involve the same issue. In Bacsko, another part of the Appellate Division, in an unreported opinion,…