Legal Opinion
State v. Ostein
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 20, 2009No. M2007-00925-SC-R11-COPublishedCited by 59 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · ClarkCornelia A. Clark, J.
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
CORNELIA A. CLARK, Justice.
We granted permission to appeal in this case to address the circumstances under which the identity of a confidential informant must be disclosed pre-trial to a criminal defendant. Defendants Brandon Keith Ostein and Teresa Gale Foxx were arrested and charged with drug offenses after police officers executed a search warrant at Foxx’s apartment. The affidavit in support of the search warrant referred to information provided by a confidential informant. Ostein…
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