State v. Prince

Full title: STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER, v. JEAN MARC PRINCE, RESPONDENT

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jan 9, 1991

571 So. 2d 45 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

Opinion

No. 90-1842.

November 14, 1990. Rehearing Denied January 9, 1991.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court for Palm Beach County; Marvin U. Mounts, Jr., Judge.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John Tiedemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Benedict P. Kuehne of Sonnett Sale Kuehne, P.A., Miami, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

We grant the petition for certiorari, quash the trial court order compelling disclosure, and direct the court to hold an in-camera hearing of the confidential informant's involvement prior to ordering disclosure. State v. Kakas, 568 So.2d 126 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990); State v. Williams, 369 So.2d 416 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979).

HERSEY, C.J., and GLICKSTEIN and POLEN, JJ., concur.