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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. McKinnon finds that the trial court admission of evidence from jailhouse informants did not compromise defendant's right to counsel. The informants were not state agents since they did not benefit from an agreement with the state or receive instructions from the state when they elicited information from defendant about two murders and one attempted murder. Also, though detectives did not discourage the informants from eliciting information, they did not encourage the behavior either. Affirmed.
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