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- Title: Darrell Darnell Williams v. State Texas
- Author : Thirteenth District, Corpus Christi No. 13-89-339-CR Court of Appeals of Texas
- Release Date : January 29, 1990
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
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A jury found appellant guilty of delivering cocaine and assessed his punishment at imprisonment for 80 years in the Texas
Department of Corrections and a fine of $5,000. We reverse the trial court's judgment and remand the cause to the trial court. In his first point of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to require the State to disclose the
identity of a confidential informant. The State may withhold the identity of an informant unless he (1) participated in the
offense. (2) was present at the time of the offense or arrest; or (3) was otherwise shown to be a material witness to the
transaction or to whether appellant knowingly committed the act charged. Stein v. State, 548 S.W.2d 61, 63 (Tex. Crim. App.
1977); Carmouche v. State, 540 S.W.2d 701, 703 (Tex. Crim. App. 1976); Crawford v. State, 772 S.W.2d 493, 495 (Tex. App.--Houston
[14th Dist.] 1989, no pet.); Parker v. State, 713 S.W.2d 386, 391 (Tex. App.--Corpus Christi 1986, no pet.). See Tex. R. Crim.
Evid. 508. The failure to reveal the name of an informant denies an accused a fair trial when the informant was actually
present at the scene of the alleged crime and could give material testimony thereon. Ex parte Turner, 545 S.W.2d 470, 476
(Tex. Crim. App. 1977).