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Another common defense to a drug sales charge
is that the prosecution is relying on poor quality
evidence.
So for example, we see a lot of cases where the police will
engage in an undercover sting, an undercover buy,
and they will not videotape it.
And sometimes won't even audiotape it.
And there's no pictures.
And they come to court, and it's basically
just the uncorroborated word of the undercover officer.
And the fact is that when there are evidentiary tools
that the police could have used to make their case stronger
and they don't, juries don't like that.
And it often can be a road to acquittal.
Also sometimes, the police rely on what
they call reliable confidential informants.
But when we really go in and investigate the informant,
we find that they're not reliable it all.
A lot of times, these people are junkies.
A lot of times, these people strike a deal
to work off their case with the police.
And they'll tell the police anything that they want,
in order to work off their case.
I mean, this is testimony that's bought and paid for.
And when we have a unreliable informant that
does a control buy, that's the basis of the police case,
we can put that person on the witness stand
and really tear them to shreds in cross examination.