AI Generated Opinion Summaries

Decision Information

Decision Content

This summary was computer-generated without any editorial revision. It is not official, has not been checked for accuracy, and is NOT citable.

Facts

  • The case involves the State's appeal from a district court order that required the State to either disclose the identity of a confidential informant or dismiss the case with prejudice against the Defendant.

Procedural History

  • District Court of Union County, John M. Paternoster, District Judge: Ordered the State to disclose the identity of a confidential informant or alternatively dismiss the case with prejudice.

Parties' Submissions

  • Appellant (State): Agreed with the Court of Appeals' notice of proposed disposition to dismiss the State’s appeal as premature.
  • Appellee (Defendant): [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

  • Whether the State's appeal from the district court's order requiring disclosure of a confidential informant's identity or dismissal of the case was premature.

Disposition

  • The appeal by the State was dismissed as premature.

Reasons

  • CELIA FOY CASTILLO, Chief Judge (JAMES J. WECHSLER, Judge and RODERICK T. KENNEDY, Judge concurring): The decision to dismiss the appeal was based on the State's agreement with the Court's notice of proposed disposition, which found the appeal to be premature.
 You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.