What is the test for establishing that information given by an untested informant is reliable?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Childress, 160 Cal.Rptr. 47, 99 Cal.App.3d 36 (Cal. App. 1979):
The second prong of the test demands that if the informers are untested, and therefore unreliable, the affiant must show underlying facts which would establish the informers' reliability. " . . . "(I)nformation given by an untested informant may be sufficient if corroborated in essential respects by other facts, sources or circumstances. " (People v. Fein (1971) 4 Cal.3d 747, 752, 94 Cal.Rptr. 607, 611, 484 P.2d 583, 587.)
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