Smith v. State

In this appeal from his conviction for possession of cocaine, appellant claims the court erred in denying his motion to disclose the identity of the confidential informant (“Cl”) involved in the controlled drug “buy-bust” operation which resulted in appellant’s arrest. Unfortunately, the record of the hearings on the motion to disclose, the identity and the motion to dismiss have been lost, and efforts to reconstruct it have failed. Because the record is incomplete and cannot be reconstructed on a significant issue in the case, we vacate the conviction and remand for a new trial.

After being…