Opinion ID: 2105313
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 11

Heading: Breen Questionnaires

Text: Hileman mailed marijuana from inside the Camden County Jail to the local newspaper and various officials, in an attempt to expose corruption. The Highway Patrol investigated, and defense counsel received a copy of the investigation report. However, defense counsel did not receive copies of questionnaires that Sergeant Breen circulated to personnel of the Jail. Defendant claims that the questionnaires likely contained or would lead to admissible evidence against Hileman. After inspecting the questionnaires in camera, the trial court overruled defendant's request to examine them. Defendant moves this Court to provide the questionnaires to defense counsel, or in the alternative, to review them to determine if they should have been disclosed at trial. (The State does not object to this Court's in camera review of the questionnaires.) This Court reviews for abuse of discretion to determine if there is a reasonable likelihood that the denial affected the result of the trial. Id. This Court has examined the questionnaires, in camera, and finds no evidence (or material likely to lead to admissible evidence). See Simmons , at 180 n. 4. The trial court did not err in overruling defendant's motion.