Opinion
No. M-81.
June 9, 1970. Rehearing Denied June 30, 1970.
Appeal from Criminal Court of Record for Duval County; William T. Harvey, Judge.
Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.
Joseph A. St. Ana, Jacksonville, for appellee.
The State of Florida has appealed a final judgment dismissing the information filed against appellee herein and discharging her from custody because of the State's failure or refusal to divulge the name of its confidential informant whose information was used in part as a basis for procuring a search warrant. The judgment is reversed upon the authority of the decision of this court in the companion case of State of Florida v. James Eugene Matney, Leo Schuty a/k/a Leo Dean Welsh, and Susan Lind Hyers a/k/a Susan F. Matney, Case No. M-82, opinion filed this date, 236 So.2d 166.
JOHNSON, C.J., and WIGGINTON and SPECTOR, JJ., concur.