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Court filings in the Brandon Price habeas case allege San Diego County DA's office used Jarius Bush as a serial jailhouse informant across multiple gang murder cases, including James Carter, Darius Days, Lamar Long, and Jamar Phillips. Bush was moved cell-to-cell at investigators' behest and received a sentence reduction after testifying.
Ninth Circuit case: Gloria Barajas was convicted in 1998 in Fresno County Superior Court of heroin charges based solely on testimony of longtime confidential informant Maria Arellano. Federal court granted habeas relief because the state refused to disclose the informant's addresses, violating the Confrontation Clause.