Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Abraham AYUSO and Roy Sarrio
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1998-11-06
Citations: 722 So. 2d 984
Docket Number: No. 98-KK-0583
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Abraham AYUSO and Roy Sarrio.
Judges: LEMMON, J., would grant and docket for argument.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 722
Pages: 984–984

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Abraham AYUSO and Roy Sarrio.
No. 98-KK-0583.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Nov. 6, 1998.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Granted. The ruling of the district court ordering disclosure of CI-2's identity is reversed and this ease is remanded for further proceedings. The evidence adduced at the hearing showed that CI-2 acted as more than a mere bystander but always in concert with, and always to a far lesser degree than, the more active informant, CI-1, whose identity the court also ordered disclosed. With respect to CI-2, the defendant failed to carry his burden of demonstrating exceptional circumstances warranting disclosure of an informant's identity upon a showing "that the informant may be able to give testimony which is necessary to a fair determination of the issue of guilt or innocence." State v. Davis, 411 So.2d 434, 436-37 (La.1982).
LEMMON, J., would grant and docket for argument.
JOHNSON, J., would deny the application.
CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel; recused.