California Court of Appeal

Petitioner is not entitled to discovery of the personnel files of the officers who arrested him, for use during his preliminary hearing on a charge of resisting an executive officer and making criminal threats. Such discovery, seeking evidence of citizen complaints alleging misconduct by law enforcement officers, is not permitted for use in a preliminary hearing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/07/2009
• Published 01/07/2009

Judges

• RUBIN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Office of the Public Defender, Michael P. Judge, Albert J. Menaster, Susanne Blossom and Mark Harvis, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner., Rockard Delgadillo, City Attorney, Carlos De La Guerra, Managing Assistant City Attorney, Kjehl T. Johansen and Jess J. Gonzalez, Deputy City Attorneys, for Real Parties in Interest, City of Los Angeles.


• For Appellees:
  
• Office of the District Attorney, Steve Cooley, District Attorney, John K. Spillane, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Sharon J. Matsumoto and Gilbert Wright, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent.