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    Default Can You Sue Over Being Wrongly Named as a Confidential Informant

    A person in Georgia was told by a criminal defendant, charged with dealing meth, that she was named as the confidential informant in his prosecution. She has never worked as a confidential informant, and has not given the police any information against the man. Can she sue the police for naming her?

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    Default Re: Can You Sue Over Being Wrongly Named as a Confidential Informant

    The whole concept of being a confidential informant is that the defendant does not get to know who you are. Odds are the defendant is on a fishing trip, trying to bluff people into admitting that they were the informant for his case.

    If the police did disclose the name of a confidential informant, it would be the result of a court order or a clerical mistake -- and neither is going to result in a successful lawsuit. If they intentionally named the wrong person as a confidential informant, that might support a case, but it would be important to work with a lawyer to determine the actual facts, assess damages, and determine if a lawsuit was viable.

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