HASSBERGER v. STATE

No. 74-886.

321 So.2d 577 (1975)

Toby Allen HASSBERGER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Certification Denied November 12, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan E. Strober of Sigman, Speigel, Flower & Strober, Orlando, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Frank B. Kessler, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WALDEN, Judge.

The question crucial to this case is:

Can the identity (actual name and address) of a confidential informant be kept secret when the trial court finds (by means of an in camera proceeding on the subject), that the informant's personal safety is at stake — when that informant appears as a witness in the criminal proceeding?

The defendant here complains that he was denied his right to cross examine when a witness...

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