State v. Gill

The state has appealed, pursuant to ORS 138.060 (1), from an order of the circuit court requiring disclosure of the name of a police informant. Police testified in an in camera hearing preceding trial that an undisclosed informant, previously found to be reliable, told them defendant was in the Hilltop Cafe and had in possession Ritalin, a prohibited dangerous drug. ORS 167.202 et seq., 475.010. That location was one of three lcnown-to-police locations where Ritalin was available in the Portland area. They knew defendant. They had used the informer in a similar role several times, paying him…