Criminal
Jun. 11, 2005
Court's Ruling May Increase In-Camera 'Pitchess' Reviews
Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Ray Jurado - Recently, the California Supreme Court clarified that case law had set too high a standard for in-camera review of officers' personnel records in criminal cases. By filing what is commonly referred to as a Pitchess motion, named after the seminal case of Pitchess v. Superior Court , 11 Cal.3d 531 (1974) (holding that a defendant could compel discovery of relevant information in officer personnel files by showing it was material to his defense), a
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Criminal Law
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