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THE !MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Seven
Informants may be forced to
testify, says Micigan court
Project Viking trouble-shooters save the day
LANSING (UPI) - In an
opinion carrying deep implica-
tions for police agencies, the
Michigan Court of Appeals
ruled yesterday that confiden-
tial police informants can be
forced to testify in some crim-
inal trials.
A three-judge appeals court
panel said that, when a defense
attorney can prove a confiden-
tial informant's testimony can
help his case, judges should
force the informant to appear
in a closed-door hearing.
"AT THIS hearing defense
counsel will have an opportuni-
ty to examine the informant in
order to determine whether he
could offer any testimony help-
ful to the defense," the ruling
said.
Transcripts of . the hearing
would be kept secret, available
only for review by appeals
courts.
ments officials, while at the
same time insuring the right of
the accused to develop the
testimony of every witness who
may be able to furnish infor-
mation helpful to his defense,"
the appeals court said.
ONE STATE agency that uses
informants in investigative po-
lice work is the organized crime
division of the state Attorney
General's office. Vincent Pier-
Ssaute, head of the division,
said it appeared at first glance
that trial j.idges would have
the right to refuse defense re-
quests for such hearings, allow-
ing some protection for con-
fidential police sources.
"I don't see that it (the rul-
i",) would have that great an
effect," he said. "They still'
have to demonstrate it and
that's going to be dependent on
the trial court."
Piersante said, however, that
if local police agencies believed
that even closed-door hearings
might endanger an informant's
life, he would recommend they
"kick the case" by refusing to
expose him.
THE RULING came on a
Wayne County case in which
police, acting on a tip from an
informant, had stopped a car
theft in progress. Attorneys for
one of the defendants asked po-
lice officers to reveal the name
of their informant on grounds he
might have information favor-
able to his client.
Wayne County Circuit Judge
Thomas Foley denied the re-
quest.
I The appeals court ordered the
case back to Wayne County
Circuit Court to conduct an "in
camera" hearing with the in-
formant.
PASADENA, Calif. .P - The
two Viking probes to Mars have
been marked by mechanical
difficulties that have threatened
the success of their missions, but
the program's space mechanics
-228 million miles away-have
had little trouble fixing the
problems.
They aren't so pessimistic as
to believe that everything will
go wrong. But, just in case,
they filled a 3-inch-thick book
with countless scenarios of po-
tential problems aboard Viking
-and how to fix them.
IT WAS THIS book that the
engineers opened last week
when the Viking 2 orbiter wan-
dered out of position, breaking
radio:ontact between Earth and
the Viking lander during its de-
scent to Mars.
Without making a service call,
the engineers eventually traced
the problems to a short circuit
that blew a fuse in the power
sntaly to the gyroscopes that:
hold the orbiter steady in space.
As a result, the craft wobbled
and its high-gain radio antenna
swung away from its target-
Earth.
Similar long-distance diag-
nosis has been necessary several.
times to fix crucial experiments
or running gear aboard Viking.
IN EVERY case but one-a
Marsquake-measuring seismom-
eter on Viking 1 that never
moved into working position af-I
ter landing - remote repairs
were successful.
One key strategy is re-
creating the breakdown, using a
spare lander and orbiter at Jet
Propulsion. Laboratory, the mis- j
sion control headquarters. Plan-,
ned repairs are tested on these
earthbound Vikings to make sure
they'll work.
Using these strategies, the
engineers have so far been
able to:
* Solve a buildup of pressure
aboard Viking 1 caused by a'
helium leak.
* Free the Viking 1 lander's
jammed mechanical digging
arm when it was stuck because!
a small locking pin failed to fall
out after landing.
9 Pep up a weak signal from
a radio transmitter on the
lander.
One of the potentially most'
serious troubles was the com-
munications blackout that struck
last Friday, seconds after the
landing craft separated from its
mother orbiter ship and headed?
for Mars.
Project official Ron Ploszaj
recalled the scene in the dimlyr
lit control center as a constant
stream of data about the vital
signs of the spacecraft appeared
on television screens before
some 25 engineers.
"The first thing we noticed
was that one of the solar panels
that generate electricity was
putting out too much power,"
he said.
The next clue came trom
halfway around the world. The
tracking station in Australia,
one of three that sends and re-
ceives radio messages from
Viking, reported it had lost the
orbiter's signal.
At the same time, the orbiter's
own computerized edition of the
contingency plans came into use.
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