U.S. v. Bernal-Obeso, No. 91-50796 (9th Cir.) (989 F.2d 331) (March 29, 1993) (Judge Stephen S. Trott)

Loaded on Jan. 1, 1994

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Informants and Paid Witnesses.

This is an important case dealing with the problems of paid-informant testimony, where the court warned that informants who are granted immunity are "by definition . . . cut from untrustworthy cloth and must be managed and carefully watched"".

In this case, the Court wrote that informants who are granted …

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