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Defense lawyers in a San Bernardino drug case involving possible civil rights violations could get a chance to learn the identity of a confidential police informant and gain more insight into the controversial case.

Four defendants appeared in San Bernardino Superior Court on Wednesday to learn a judge's decision concerning a defense motion to reveal the informant's identity. A lawyer for one defendant has alleged that his client was held by San Bernardino police officers without legal cause during a July 2 traffic stop while a search warrant for a drug raid was obtained.

Defendants Carl Edward Alexander, Toriano Jerome Houston, Maurice Lynell Lockett and Fredrick Edward Williams face drug charges in the case.

Four men are scheduled for a hearing tomorrow in a San Bernardino drug case that has erupted into a fight over alleged civil rights violations when one of the defendants was reportedly held "on ice."

Defendants Carl Edward Alexander, Toriano Jerome Houston, Maurice Lynell Lockett and Fredrick Edward Williams are set for the hearing in San Bernardino Superior Court.

Deputy Public Defender Sam Knudsen, who represents Alexander, alleges his client was held without legal cause during a July 2 traffic stop in San Bernardino. Police held Alexander while obtaining a warrant for a search, according to court testimony.