Did you consider the reason for the Judge’s ruling? What if this is false information. What if it is completely made up for the benefit of CrimeStoppers? I have witnessed this happen many times with real police and other organizations.
There is money involved and thus it has the possibility of corruption from the start. If this person is a paid employee of any org. he should be fired for disregarding the Court Order. When you make up information to “make your own Probable Cause” you are part of the problem.
That said, Defense lawyers are usually scum so they could be practicing witness intimidation in a “roundabout” manner.
“Did you consider the reason for the Judge’s ruling? What if this is false information. What if it is completely made up for the benefit of CrimeStoppers?”
Did you consider that the only way to know for sure would be to put the formally anonymous tipster on the witness stand?
A piece of paper would prove nothing, and the only possible reason the judge/attorney could need to see it is to put the person on the stand.
Nobody could be convicted based solely on the tip, the evidence would have to prove guilt.