Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York
If the police use a confidential informant to get a search warrant and the confidential informant is lying why i cant confront this confidential informant if i take this to trial my lawyer said i cant confront this person.is this true.
Asked on 5/23/10, 5:20 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
peter bark
bark & karpf
Under the law, the police can rely on a confidential informant as long as they do not know or have reason to believe he is lying and you have no right to bring it out at a hearing.
Answered on 5/25/10, 5:49 pm
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