State v. Manderville

FERGUSON, Judge.

For the failure of the state to comply with an order to produce a confidential informant, an information accusing two defendants, Manderville and Monticelli, of trafficking in cocaine was dismissed. The state appeals.

Manderville contended that the confidential informant privilege, which insulates a confidential informant from disclosure, is inapplicable because the state refused to agree that the confidential informant would not become a witness under any circumstances. The state responded that, if the informant were to become a witness, it would amend its reply to the…