CI Guidelines Informant Manual

Third Edition COOPERATING INDIVIDUALS AND IMMUNITY Page i

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW: CI GUIDELINES OVERVIEW-1

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS 1-1

A. The Prosecution’s Need for Cooperating Individuals (CIs) 1-1

B. Purpose of this Manual 1-1

C. Definition of a Cooperating Individual 1-2

D. Definition of Benefit 1-3

E. CI Forms, Agreements, and Pleadings 1-3

CHAPTER 2: ISSUING CASES INVOLVING COOPERATING INDIVIDUALS 2-1

A. Issuance when the Police Will Disclose 2-1

B. Issuance when the Police Will Not Disclose 2-1

C. When the Police Agree to Disclose but Don’t 2-2

CHAPTER 3: COOPERATING INDIVIDUALS AS WITNESSES AND DISCOVERY

ISSUES 3-1

A. Requirement and Scope of Inquiry Regarding the ....