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NUTTER v. STATE

No. 200, September Term, 1969.

8 Md. App. 635 (1970)

262 A.2d 80

ERWIN RANDOLPH NUTTER v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 10, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton B. Allen for appellant.

John J. Garrity, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Charles E. Moylan, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Michael E. Kaminkow, Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore City, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ANDERSON, MORTON, ORTH, and THOMPSON, JJ.

ORTH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

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THE PRIVILEGE OF NONDISCLOSURE OF THE IDENTITY OF INFORMERS

The Rule

In Maryland the State has the privilege to withhold from disclosure the identity of persons who furnish information to police officers concerning the commission of crimes. This general rule was recognized in Drouin v. State, 222 Md. 271 and reaffirmed in Gulick v....

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