What is the case law on whether an informant can testify against a defendant in connection with the possession of heroin?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Borunda, 11 Cal.3d 523, 113 Cal.Rptr. 825, 522 P.2d 1 (Cal. 1974):
The second theory advanced by defendant was that the informant, by testifying as to whom he had dealt with in the apartment, might give evidence in support of a contention that defendant's possession of the heroin was only momentary and transitory. (See People v. Mijares (1971), 6 Cal.3d 415, 99 Cal.Rptr. 139, 491 P.2d 1115.)
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