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TURNER v. STATE

No. 56725.

501 So.2d 350 (1987)

E.D. TURNER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy D. McGuire, Kelly C. Walker, Gulfport, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

When in the context of a criminal proceeding the prosecution is required to disclose to the accused the name of a confidential informant is a subject upon which this Court has uttered on a number of occasions in recent years. Apparently, however, our prior decisions have not made clear one nuance of our discovery rules, for on today's facts we find that the prosecution was obligated to disclose the name of the informant...

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