What is the legal test for obtaining copies of statements given by informers in a criminal case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Severin v. AG (Canada), 2011 ONSC 37 (CanLII):
In Gaudet v. Marchard 1994 CarswellQue 260, at para.35, Rothman J.A. wrote: In my respectful opinion, the authorities had no duty to provide appellant with copies of the statements given by informers, nor to afford appellant an opportunity to cross-examine these witnesses or the penitentiary authorities themselves. ...
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