State v. Robertson

SNELL, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal, the State challenges a district court ruling requiring the State to disclose the identity of a confidential informant during discovery for a motion to suppress evidence. The appel-lees, Richard Robertson and Kevin and Tamara Cornwell, challenge the sufficiency of probable cause to issue search warrants. A confidential informant gave police officers information that Robertson and the Cornwells were engaged in drug trafficking and dealing from their neighboring West Des Moines homes. The information was used in applications for search warrants, which…