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Facts

• The case involves the State's appeal from a district court order that required the State to either disclose the identity of a confidential informant or dismiss the case with prejudice against the Defendant.

Procedural History

• District Court of Union County, John M. Paternoster, District Judge: Ordered the State to disclose the identity of a confidential informant or alternatively dismiss the case with prejudice.

Parties' Submissions

• Appellant (State): Agreed with the Court of Appeals' notice of proposed disposition to dismiss the State’s appeal as premature.
• Appellee (Defendant): [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the State's appeal from the district court's order requiring disclosure of a confidential informant's identity or dismissal of the case was premature.

Disposition

• The appeal by the State was dismissed as premature.

Reasons

• CELIA FOY CASTILLO, Chief Judge (JAMES J. WECHSLER, Judge and RODERICK T. KENNEDY, Judge concurring): The decision to dismiss the appeal was based on the State's agreement with the Court's notice of proposed disposition, which found the appeal to be premature.