Bell v. State

Wilbur G. Bell, Bernard Peters and James S. Cromartie, Jr. were jointly tried and convicted at a non-jury trial before Judge Matthew S. Evans, in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, of violation of the Controlled Dangerous Substances Law of this State. * 1 Only the appellant Bell has appealed. 2

Appellant assigns a pentad of reasons why the judgment of the Circuit Court should be reversed. He asserts:(1) The trial judge erred in not requiring the State to supply appellant with the identity of an informant “whose information led to a wiretap of a third party’s house and ultimately to the…