Criminal
Jul. 14, 2017
OC judge grants unusual Pitchess motion in jailhouse informant case
The defense attorney is seeking material in sheriff’s deputies’ personnel files that may impeach their supervisors’ testimony, a use of Pitchess that the judge said he hasn’t seen before but is not precluded by case law.
SANTA ANA — Granting an unusual Pitchess motion, an Orange County judge has ordered that typically confidential sheriff’s personnel records be given to a public defender who’s trying to prove that the department can’t be trusted to produce all evidence in a capital case involving informants.
Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Goethals granted the motion Thursday that was filed by Assistant Public Defender Scott L. Sanders pursuant to Pi...
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