Does the court erred by failing to instruct jurors sua sponte that they should consider an informer's testimony to be inherently unreliable?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. McLain, 249 Cal.Rptr. 630, 46 Cal.3d 97, 757 P.2d 569 (Cal. 1988):
Defendant contends the court erred by failing to instruct the jurors sua sponte that they should consider an informer's testimony to be inherently unreliable and should view such testimony with suspicion. We recently held to the contrary. (People v. Hovey (1988) 44 Cal.3d 543, 565-566, 244 Cal.Rptr. 121, 749 P.2d 776.)
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