STATE EX REL. BERGER v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 11868.

111 Ariz. 429 (1975)

531 P.2d 1136

STATE of Arizona ex rel. Moise BERGER, Maricopa County Attorney, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Arizona, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF MARICOPA, the Honorable Williby E. Case, Jr., Judge of the Superior Court; and Ernie SANTA CRUZ, Real Party in Interest, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

February 19, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moise Berger, Maricopa County Atty., by Chris Hossack, Deputy County Atty., Phoenix, for petitioner.

Grayson M. Sandy, Jr., Phoenix, for respondents.


HAYS, Justice.

The county attorney of Maricopa County filed a petition for special action asserting that the respondent judge had abused his discretion in requiring the state to disclose the identity of its informant. We accepted jurisdiction of the petition for special action.

In order to determine the issue raised, we must look to the factual setting. Based on information supplied principally by the informant, the police secured a search warrant for a house...

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