California Court of Appeal

Conviction of a police officer for assault and for filing a false report is affirmed where: 1) certain testimony did not violate the principles articulated in Kastigar v. US, 406 U.S. 441 (1972), regarding the treatment of witnesses exposed to compelled statements; and 2) the incident investigator was qualified to give the limited expert opinion he provided and defendant was not denied an opportunity to effectively cross-examine him.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/22/2010
• Published 02/22/2010

Judges

• MANELLA, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Charles M. Sevilla for Defendant and Appellant., Lackie, Dammeier, & McGill, APC, and Steven J. Brock, for Peace Officers Research Association of California Legal Defense Fund as Amicus Curiae for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Susan D. Martynec and Gary A. Lieberman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.