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NORTH CAROLINA
GASTON COUNTY
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
FILE NO. 02 CRS 23414-15,
02 CRS 68012-14, 02 CRS 68016
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA )
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VS. ) ORDER FROM IN CAMERA INSPECTION
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DANNY LEE THOMPSON, )
Defendant. )
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This Order is entered after an in camera review of certain documents delivered to
this Court pursuant to orders entered as result of hearings before the court on July 20,
2004. The Defendant presented arguments to the Court upon his Brady Motion, seeking
to obtain a complete copy of the Personnel File of Officer Jamey G. Blalock from his
employer, the Gastonia Police Department and the investigative file from Internal Affairs
pertaining to the incident involved in these proceedings.
In order to balance the interests of (1) the Defendant in obtaining favorable and
material information to assist him in his defense and (2) the confidentiality and privacy of
Officer Blalock as to matters contained in his personnel files and the Internal Affairs
investigation, the undersigned conducted an in camera review of the complete files as
described above. From each of the said files, the undersigned has identified certain
documents that may contain information material to the preparation of a defense on
behalf of the Defendant. Other documents have been identified as not containing
information material to the Defendant’s preparation of his case and constituting
information that should not be released from Officer Blalock’s files. The documents
from these files have been separated, with documents containing information material to
the Defendant’s case having been designated as “Package A” and documents not
containing such information having been designated as “Package B.”
It is, therefore, ordered:
1. The documents contained in Package A shall immediately be provided to the
Defendant’s counsel, with a copy to the State. The Clerk shall make a copy of
the documents contained in Package A and retain such documents in the file,
under seal, with a notation “These documents shall not be opened except upon
Order of the Superior or Appellate Courts.”