Judge Sullivan later dismissed the conviction and ordered a criminal investigation into the prosecution's handling of the case.
For a time, he said, old friends and colleagues would avoid contact, fearing they would be dragged into the prosecution.
Certainly if a criminal defendant insinuated his informer into the prosecution's camp in this manner he would be guilty of obstructing justice.
Despite the ruling, Mr. Galluzzo said the hearing was positive because of the window it gave him into the prosecution's case.
Seven inquiries have so far been launched into the prosecution of the campaigners and the infiltration of Kennedy into the ranks of the protest movement.
Unless anyone has any items they wish to enter into the Prosecution or Defence categories, we should have a verdict by the end of the week...
Declan Walsh's reportage on Pashtun machismo in the North West Frontier, delivered so poetically, and Lorraine Adams and Ayesha Nasir investigations into the prosecution cases behind the 'war on terror' are as dazzling and dramatic as fiction.
The hearing, to determine whether Mr. Alvarez would be freed, was significant because it provided a peek into the prosecution's case, and the defense's theories, earlier than usual.
Fuhrman was moved into the prosecution of street gangs in late 1977, and, while his job ratings remained high, he later reported that the strains of the job affected him.
Photograph by Mike Nelson / Agence France-Presse Fuhrman was moved into the prosecution of street gangs in late 1977, and, while his job ratings remained high, he later reported that the strains of the job affected him.
The abuse allegations came in a wide-ranging annual report into the prosecution office's preliminary examinations, which involve studying reports of possible crimes to establish if they fall under the court's jurisdiction.
