Does the prosecution have to keep "periodic tabs" on every material witness in criminal cases?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Smith, D064347 (Cal. App. 2014):
We acknowledge that "[t]he prosecution is not required 'to keep "periodic tabs" on every material witness in a criminal case' " (People v. Wilson (2005) 36 Cal.4th 309, 341) or, absent knowledge of a substantial risk that an important witness would flee, take preventative measures to stop a witness from disappearing. (Id. at p. 342.) But here, the
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