Navarro v. Sup. Ct.
Defendant petitions for a writ of prohibition directing the court to vacate its order denying his motion to discover the identity of a confidential informant (CI) for the FBI. But only the FBI knew the CI’s identity, and it refused to disclose it. Thus, the prosecution lacked actual or constructive knowledge of the CI’s identity. The court cannot compel the prosecution to produce information it does not have and cannot obtain. Court denied the petition.
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