Legal Question in Criminal Law in Tennessee

If your question is:

"Will discovery furnished to a defendant pursuant to a motion for discovery tell you the name of informants?'

The answer is: not always.

If the informant was directly involved and is a witness to the alleged crime: yes.

For example, if the charge is selling an illegal drug to a confidential informant, then the informant is a fact witness and must be disclosed to the defendant.

If the informant merely provided information (such as information that led to a search warrant) and the police then find drugs without the informant being there, then no, the informant does not need to be disclosed.