Because the confidential informant was the only actual participant in two of the narcotics sales involved, the investigating police officer and the prosecution must have known, as the trial judge expressly and correctly determined, that he was a material and vital witness in the case. Nonetheless, they deliberately failed to determine the c.i.'s whereabouts and then, as ordered, to provide the defense...
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