California Court of Appeal

The Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act (Gov. Code section 3300, et seq.), giving a peace officer under investigation the right to a representative of his or her choice under certain conditions, must be read to include a reasonableness requirement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/11/2003
• Published 09/11/2003

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Liebert Cassidy Whitmore,Peter J. Brown, Los Angeles, Nate Kowalski, Cerritos and J. Scott Tiedemann, for Defendants and Appellants., Jones & Mayer, Martin J. Mayer, Long Beach and Dean J. Pucci, for California State Sheriffs Association and California Police Chiefs Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants., Lackie & Dammeier, Michael D. Lackie, Rancho Cucamonga and Michael A. Morguess, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.