California Court of Appeal

Conviction of defendant for making criminal threats is affirmed as the trial court was acting within its discretion in denying defendant's Pitchess motion to the extent that it made a common sense determination that defendant's version of events was not plausible based on a reasonable and realistic assessment of the facts and allegations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/09/2010
• Published 02/09/2010

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher Nalls, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, James D. Dutton, Charles C. Ragland and Scott C. Taylor, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.