Is there any inconsistency in the testimony provided by an informant in a criminal investigation?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Kahn v. Flood, 550 F.2d 784 (2nd Cir. 1977):
This apparent inconsistency merely challenges the accuracy of the information furnished by the informant. Probable cause is not defeated because an informant may have erred or lied, "as long as the affiant accurately represented what was told him", (United States v. Sultan, 463 F.2d 1066, 1070 (2d Cir. 1972)); and there is no evidence that (the affiant) misrepresented what he was told.
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