State v. Orr

VAUGHN, Judge.

The defendant’s first assignment of error relates to the trial court’s refusal to require the State to identify the informant and issues that surround that refusal.

From the early stages of the trial, defendant attempted to secure disclosure of the informant’s identity. The trial court refused to require the State to reveal the informant’s name or address and would not allow questions seeking information as to his background or motivation for participation in the scheme.

The defendant persuasively argues that the informant in this case was not a mere tipster, but instead, was a…