STATE v. ELLIS

No. 808SC504.

272 S.E.2d 774 (1980)

STATE of North Carolina v. William R. ELLIS, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Dennis P. Myers, Raleigh, for the State.

Hulse & Hulse by Donald M. Wright, Galdsboro, for defendant-appellant.


ARNOLD, Judge.

This case presents the recurrent question of whether the court erred in refusing to allow defendant to ask questions concerning the identity of the informant. Defendant's position is that G.S. 15A-978(b) entitled him to this information. We conclude differently, however.

As stated in State v. Ketchie, 286 N.C. 387, at 392-393, 211 S.E.2d 207 at 211 (1975), "Defendant...

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