STYLES v. STATE

No. 4D99-3894.

780 So.2d 1040 (2001)

Tommy STYLES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 4, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Siobhan Helene Shea, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and August A. Bonavita, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GROSS, J.

The issue in this case is whether the state was required to disclose the identity of a confidential informant whose purchase of drugs from appellant formed the basis for appellant's conviction of delivery of cocaine. Because a well established line of authority requires disclosure in these circumstances, we reverse.

In an unmarked car, Detective Ryan Hyatt drove a confidential informant to an apartment building. The detective gave the informant a...

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