Opinion ID: 2612406
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Heading: Failure to disclose informant.

Text: (10) Defendant asserts that the prosecutor apparently failed to disclose the identity of the search warrant informant in compliance with a pretrial discovery order. The record does not support the claim that disclosure was withheld. In September 1979, the trial court granted defendant's broad discovery request for the names and addresses of all witnesses having knowledge of the crime or events leading up to it, as well as all persons interviewed by the district attorney or his agents in connection with the case. The court set a compliance deadline of October 25, 1979, and advised defense counsel to seek relief for noncompliance on or before that date. The record includes no later compliance motion. On January 30, 1980, counsel represented in open court that pending discovery matters were resolved. Even if the informant was not disclosed, defendant waived the issue on appeal by failing to seek timely relief for the prosecutor's noncompliance. Moreover, an ineffective-assistance claim must fail on this record. We cannot discern whether counsel adequately pursued the informant's identity, and we do not know whether the informant would have furnished information that undermines confidence in the outcome.