STATE v. KETCHIE

No. 79.

211 S.E.2d 207 (1975)

286 N.C. 387

STATE of North Carolina v. James Michael KETCHIE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 31, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Carson, Jr., Atty. Gen., Ralf F. Haskell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State of North Carolina.

White & Crumpler by Fred G. Crumpler, Jr., and Michael J. Lewis, Winston-Salem, for defendant appellant.


HUSKINS, Justice:

The sole question brought forward on defendant's appeal to this Court is whether the prosecution is privileged to refuse disclosure of the informer's identity. Both the trial court and the Court of Appeals answered in the affirmative and defendant urges reversal of that decision.

The general rule, subject to certain exceptions and limitations, recognizes the prosecution's privilege to withhold the identity of an informer. State v. Cameron...

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