What is the test for disclosing the identity of a confidential informant under the abuse of the abuse standard?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from DAVIS v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, 113 Cal.Rptr.3d 365, 186 Cal.App.4th 1272 (Cal. App. 2010):
alleged crime. ( People v. Fried (1989) 214 Cal.App.3d 1309, 1315, 263 Cal.Rptr. 237.) We review the trial court's ruling concerning the disclosure of the identity of a confidential informant under the abuse of discretion standard. ( People v. Hobbs (1994) 7 Cal.4th 948, 976, 30 Cal.Rptr.2d 651, 873 P.2d 1246.)
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