What is the test for allowing an informant to testify in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Fairbank, 16 Cal.4th 1223, 69 Cal.Rptr.2d 784, 947 P.2d 1321 (Cal. 1997):
Whether to allow an informant's testimony is "an essentially factual question, and we review it on a deferential standard." (People v. Memro [16 Cal.4th 1248] 1995) 11 Cal.4th 786,
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