California Court of Appeal

Vehicle Code section 1808.5 does not create a privilege to withhold information required to be produced by subpoena, and under the Evidence Code, the necessity for disclosure of complete driving records, in a prosecution for vehicular homicide, outweighs DMV's interest in preserving confidentiality.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/18/2002
• Published 07/18/2002

Judges

• ASHMANN-GERST, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Silvia M. Diaz, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Jessica K. Frazier, Deputy Attorney General, for Petitioner.,  Steve Cooley, District Attorney, George Palmer, Head Deputy District Attorney, Brentford J. Ferreira and Shirley S.N. Sun, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest, the People., No appearance for Real Party in Interest, Teodorico Manliclic Carmona.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.