State v. Chase

The State appeals from an order of the Superior Court (Cumberland County) granting defendant’s motion for disclosure of the identity of a confidential informant pursuant to M.R.Evid. 509. We have previously emphasized that the State’s right to appeal an interlocutory order pursuant to 15 M.R. S.A. § 2115-A (1980) is confined to those instances where serious harm to the prosecution would otherwise result. State v. Drown, 447 A.2d 466, 470-71 (Me.1982).

In the present case, the State concedes that the prosecution will not be impaired by the court ordered disclosure of the informant’s identity.…