DARDEN HEARING

Darden hearing.Criminal procedure. An ex parte proceeding to determine whether disclosure

of  an  informer’s  identity  is  pertinent  to  establishing  probable  cause  when  there  is  otherwise

insufficient evidence to establish probable cause apart from the arresting officer’s testimony about

an informer’s communications. • The defense attorney may be excluded from the hearing but can

usu. submit questions to be used by the judge in the examination. People v. Darden, 313 N.E.2d 49

(N.Y. 1974). [Cases: Criminal Law    627.10. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 533–540.] [Blacks Law 8th]