NIELSEN v. STATE

No. 20140745.

391 P.3d 166 (2016)

2016 UT 52

Kyler NIELSEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Utah, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Filed November 18, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret P. Lindsay , Douglas J. Thompson , Provo, for appellant.

Sean D. Reyes , Att'y Gen., John J. Nielsen , Salt Lake City, for appellee.

Justice Durham authored the opinion of the court in which Chief Justice Durrant, Associate Chief Justice Lee, Justice Himonas, and Justice Pearce Joined.


INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 In this criminal case, the State claimed a privilege under rule 505 of the Utah Rules of Evidence to refuse to disclose the identity of a confidential informant. Rule 505 provides that if the State exercises this privilege in a case where the district court determines that there...

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