GARNER v. STATE


314 A.2d 908 (1973)

James GARNER, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest S. Wilson, Jr., of Wilson & Russell, Wilmington, and Henry A. Wise, Jr., of Booker, Green, Shaffer, Berl & Wise, Wilmington, of counsel, for defendant below, appellant.

Daniel F. Wolcott, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellee.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., CAREY, J., and BROWN, Vice Chancellor.


HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

The defendant, James Garner, seeks review of his conviction for robbery. The question presented is whether the State may avoid revealing the substance of an informant's tip upon the basis of which an arrest was made, there being no other basis for a finding of probable cause for the arrest.

I.

The victim was robbed by a man wearing a stocking mask. Although unaware of the robber...

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