Baltimore City Police Department v. State

BARBERA, Judge.

This case involves a pre-trial order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City directing that certain portions of a law enforcement officer’s confidential personnel file be disclosed to a defendant in a criminal case. As we shall discuss, central to our disposition of this appeal is that the court ordered discovery of this confidential information without first conducting an in camera review of the officer’s personnel file to ascertain whether it contains matters to which the defense is entitled.

This appeal was precipitated by a motion, filed by the Baltimore City Police…