What is the reasonable effort required by the Attorney General to reveal the identity of an informer?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Twiggs v. Superior Court, 194 Cal.Rptr. 152, 34 Cal.3d 360, 667 P.2d 1165 (Cal. 1983):
2 The Attorney General refers to the following language taken from footnote 10 in Eleazer: "The 'reasonable effort' required will, of course, depend on the facts of each case. If the informer has a regular abode and place of employment, simply obtaining his address and telephone number may suffice; if he is transient, or conceals his address, the law enforcement agency probably should make some arrangement for maintaining close communication with him." (Eleazer v. Superior Court, supra, 1 Cal.3d at p. 853, fn. 10, 83 Cal.Rptr. 586, 464 P.2d 42.)
3 At the motion to reveal the identity of the informant, the following colloquy occurred:
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