How have courts dealt with motions to quash and traverse a sealed search warrant and to disclose the identity of a confidential informant?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rios, E064361 (Cal. App. 2017):
motions to quash and traverse the sealed search warrant and to disclose the identity of the confidential informant. (People v. Hobbs (1994) 7 Cal.4th 948, 959, 964, 972-977.) Probable cause justified the issuance of the search warrant. The informant was not a material witness to this case, and therefore his identity was not necessary to defendant's case.
The judgment is affirmed.
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