Originally Posted By: phatmatress

is it the same everywhere like i know in pennsylvania if you have cooperating witness or a confidential informant in your case ( i know this from experience) that the commonwealth provides you with what criminals call a "discovery packet". it informs you of your snitches, times and places you were observed, who all the investigating officers, and any investigations relating to your charges in that case. do other states or federal court do this as well?


Whether in Pennsylvania or other places, I don't think certain snitches are always identified by name. Obviously for their own protection. In the indictments they are often simply referred to as "CI #1," CI #2," etc. Meaning confidential informant. The judge is able to know who they are specifically but it obviously wouldn't be safe to just release their names to the public.


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