STATE v. ROBERTS

No. 96-01549.

686 So.2d 722 (1997)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Allen ROBERTS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann P. Corcoran, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Michael J.P. Baker, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


BLUE, Judge.

The State appeals an order requiring disclosure of a confidential informant's identity. Because this is not an order appealable by the State, see Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140(c), we have treated the appeal as a petition for a writ of certiorari. Based on the trial court's failure to hold an in camera hearing prior to ordering the disclosure, we grant the writ and quash the order compelling disclosure.

Allen Roberts was charged...

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