Case Name: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Gail Anne ROBERTS, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-02-13
Citations: 576 So. 2d 340
Docket Number: No. 90-03519
Parties: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Gail Anne ROBERTS, Respondent.
Judges: RYDER, A.C.J., and THREADGILL and PARKER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 576
Pages: 340–340

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Gail Anne ROBERTS, Respondent.
No. 90-03519.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Feb. 13, 1991.
Joseph P. D’Alessandro, State Atty., Fort Myers, and Dwight E. Brock, Asst. State Atty., Naples, for petitioner.
Jerry Berry of Law Offices of Jerry Berry, P.A., Naples, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law in granting the defendant's motion to compel disclosure of the names of other individuals arrested on criminal charges unrelated to this case through the state's use of the same confidential informant employed in arresting this defendant. After reviewing the defendant's motion to compel and the transcript of the hearing on the motion, we conclude that the defendant failed to allege sufficient facts to meet even a threshold showing that the disclosure of the names of these individuals is necessary to prove her defense of entrapment.
Accordingly, we grant the petition for writ of certiorari and issue the writ to the trial court with directions on remand to vacate the order compelling disclosure and for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
RYDER, A.C.J., and THREADGILL and PARKER, JJ., concur.