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WHITTINGTON v. STATE

No. 228, September Term, 1969.

8 Md. App. 676 (1970)

262 A.2d 75

GEORGE ROLAND WHITTINGTON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 10, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome F. Cohn for appellant.

James F. Truitt, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Charles E. Moylan, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore City, and Fred K. Grant, 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.

In Nutter v. State, 8 Md.App. 635 (1970), we discussed the question of the disclosure of the identity of an informer. We enunciated a general rule and an exception to it. The State has the privilege to withhold from disclosure the identity of informers;1 except, on the issue of guilt or innocence, and upon demand by the defendant, the trial court...

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