Case Name: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Maritsa SALDARRIAGA, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-04-15
Citations: 486 So. 2d 683
Docket Number: Nos. 84-101, 86-303
Parties: The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Maritsa SALDARRIAGA, Appellee.
Judges: Before HENDRY, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 486
Pages: 683–685

Head Matter:
The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Maritsa SALDARRIAGA, Appellee.
Nos. 84-101, 86-303.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 15, 1986.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Richard E. Doran, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Gitlitz, Keegan & Dittmar and Stuart H. Gitlitz, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.
Before HENDRY, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The State brings these appeals from an order of the trial court which dismisses an information as to one of multiple defendants in a cocaine trafficking case for failure of the State to comply with an order to produce a confidential informant for an in camera examination. We reverse.
Where the failure of the State to produce a witness or evidence in compliance with an order of the court is based on negligence rather than willful noncompliance, and where the facts do not even in the slightest support a conclusion that the defendant's constitutional rights have been violated, dismissal of the charges and discharge of the defendant is not an appropriate sanction. See Antone v. State, 410 So.2d 157 (Fla.1982); Marshall v. State, 413 So.2d 872 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982), quashed on other grounds, 455 So.2d 355 (Fla.1984); State v. Brown, 393 So.2d 1195 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). The court may consider less drastic remedies.
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings.
HENDRY and FERGUSON, JJ., concur.