Legal Opinion
Butcher v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided August 17, 2006No. 283, 2005PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, Justice.
The defendant-appellant, Leonard P. Butcher, appeals from his conviction and sentence for Delivery of a Narcotic Schedule II Controlled Substance in violation of title 16, section 4751(a) of the Delaware Code. 2 In this appeal, Butcher contends that the trial judge abused his discretion in refusing to compel the State to disclose the identity and whereabouts of a confidential informer who arranged and witnessed the drug transaction that led to Butcher’s arrest. 3 We have concluded that the trial judge did not conduct an adequate in camera hearing to determine whether the…
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