State v. Keys

ORR, Judge.

I

Defendant first assigns error to the trial court’s denial of her motion to suppress the State’s evidence obtained by the search warrant. She contends the State, by refusing to disclose (1) the identity of one of its two informants, and (2) whether that informant was present at the time of her arrest, prevented her from formulating a defense with which to challenge the proffered evidence and, thus, deprived her of due process.

“Nondisclosure of an informant’s identity is a privilege justified by the need for effective law enforcement . . . State v. Grainger, 60 N.C. App. 188, 190,…