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Mar 6, 2013 criminal-law buy-bust drugs confidential-informant ra-9165 demurrer-to-evidence

Dispensing With the Confidential Informant: Upholding Buy-Bust Operations in Drug Cases

The Supreme Court clarifies that a confidential informant's testimony is not indispensable in drug cases when police officers personally witness the illegal sale.