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- Title: State v. Rambahal
- Author : Supreme Court of Montana
- Release Date : January 19, 2008
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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Appellant Johnny Rambahal is charged with violating Minn. Stat. § 624.713, subd. 1(b) (2006), which prohibits him from possessing a pistol because of a prior conviction for a crime of violence. In the course of discovery, the State disclosed two police reports from a separate robbery investigation. These police reports contain statements of a "concerned citizen," whom Rambahal argues has exculpatory information in his case. Rambahal successfully moved the district court for an order compelling disclosure of the citizen informant?s identity. The State appealed the order, and in an unpublished decision, the court of appeals reversed. State v. Rambahal, No. A07-512, 2007 WL 2770261 (Minn. App. Sept. 25, 2007). Rambahal now appeals. Because we conclude that the court of appeals erred in assessing the potential helpfulness of the informant?s identity to the defense, we reverse. But because we also conclude that the district court erred in ordering disclosure without considering the public interest, we remand to the district court for further proceedings.