Bland v. Texas (Original)
Annotate this CaseAppellant was charged with possession of a controlled substance (cocaine). He filed a motion to suppress evidence on the basis that the evidence (the cocaine) was illegally obtained. He also filed a motion to disclose the identity of the confidential informant. The latter motion cited two bases for disclosure: (1) that the informant's identity was needed to show that the officers who conducted the arrest and search did not have probable cause based upon a reliable and credible informant, and (2) that the informant's identity was necessary because the informant was a material witness to the defendant's guilt or innocence and upon the possible defense of entrapment. Upon review of this case, the Supreme Court concluded that the dispositive nature of the motion to suppress was a term of appellant's plea agreement and that it rendered moot the second basis for appellant's motion to disclose. Furthermore, the Court concluded that appellant failed to sufficiently apprise the trial court of his intent to challenge the motion to disclose on this second basis or to challenge the dispositive nature of the plea agreement.
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