CARTER v. U.S.

No. 90-CF-318.

614 A.2d 913 (1992)

Robert S. CARTER, a/k/a Robert S. Jones, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Seligman, appointed by this court, for appellant.

William M. Sullivan, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and Joyce Jiyoung Bang, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and TERRY and SULLIVAN, Associate Judges.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

The government has a qualified privilege not to reveal the exact location of a concealed surveillance post used by police officers in their continuing battle against drug traffic. In this case, as in the past, the government refused to reveal the location of one such observation post. Appellant challenges the trial court's refusal to compel its disclosure. Since we find no error in the trial court's decision, and since we see no merit in appellant...

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