The issue focused on the two court rulings in favor of the prosecutors that blocked the prosecution of the heroin dealer. The court found that prosecutors should not be forced to disclose witnesses that could help the defense of their client. The trial judge ruled that certain information could be used as part of the defense of an alleged victim of a crime, but she would have also required the prosecutors to hand over the witnesses' names to the defense in the case.


The court cited legislation enacted in 1987 by then-Governor