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Agreement with CI

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May 13, 2008, 13:52
JC
Agreement with CI
Can a police officer bind a prosecutor to an agreement made with a confidential informant? Any case law??? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
May 13, 2008, 14:44
Jeff Swain
The short answer is no. Police officers have no authority to make plea agreements. If the police officer wants to make a binding offer to a CI, he needs to get a prosecutor with jurisdiction over the matter he seeks to use as a bargaining chip, and get an agreement finalized. There are lots of cases on this, but I'm going to let someone else do the research.