criminal-informants

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
18-5570 Ilich Vargas v. Superior Court of California, San Bernardino County California 2018-08-13 Denied IFP civil-rights conflict-of-interest criminal-informants due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Whether district attorneys/prosecutors have a free-standing obligation to investigate and inquire into the backgrounds of criminal jailhouse informant…