What is the effect of a judge's failure to record or summarize in camera testimony of a confidential informant?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Premises and Real Property with Bldgs., Appurtenance and Improvements at 500 Delaware Street, Tonawanda, New York, 113 F.3d 310 (2nd Cir. 1997):
2 Martin pleaded guilty but on appeal his conviction was reversed, not because of lack of probable cause but because the state judge failed to comply with technical requirements of New York law to record or summarize in detail in camera testimony of the confidential informant. People v. Isenberg, 188 A.D.2d 1042, 592 N.Y.S.2d 1006 (1992).
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