Does the absence of an informant prevent plaintiff from confronting the government in a civil case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Fuentes, 563 F.2d 527 (2nd Cir. 1977):
Sansone now claims, in a somewhat diffuse fashion, that the government's proof at trial, when coupled with the absence of the informant, deprived him of his right to confrontation. Analogizing from Roviaro v. United States, 353 U.S. 53, 77 S.Ct. 623, 1 L.Ed.2d 639 (1957), he contends that the failure to produce Hugo at trial constituted error requiring a new trial, dismissal of the indictment or, at the very least, a remand for a hearing on the issue of Hugo's availability.
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