STATE v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 2CA-SA0314.

147 Ariz. 615 (1985)

712 P.2d 462

The STATE of Arizona, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona and Honorable Richard A. Winkler, Judge of the Superior Court, Respondents, and Edward Forrest HALE and William Allen Hale, Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2, Department A.

December 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan K. Polley, Cochise County Atty. by William W. Clayton and Patrick M. Elliston, Bisbee, for petitioner.

Ruben Teran S., Douglas, for real parties in interest.


OPINION

FERNANDEZ, Judge.

The respondent court's order granting a motion to disclose the name of a confidential informant in a criminal case is the subject of this special action.

On August 7, 1985, an informant (a member of a law enforcement agency) telephoned the Douglas Police Department and described a drug transaction he had witnessed outside a residence in an area north of Douglas and the occupants of a vehicle which left the residence. The information...

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