State v. Creason

PHILLIPS, Judge.

Defendant’s main contention is that the trial judge erred in denying his motion to require the State to disclose the name of the confidential informant. The contention is not grounded upon the claim that the informant was a transactional witness whose identity was discoverable under Roviaro v. United States, 353 U.S. 53, 1 L.Ed. 2d 639, 77 S.Ct. 623 (1957), but upon the claim that without the information he cannot show that the search war rant was without proper support and therefore void. Although an affidavit made to obtain a search warrant carries a presumption of validity,…