Supreme Court of California

Court of appeals judgment reversing conviction is affirmed where the trial court erred in denying defendant's Pitchess motion without first examining requested records in camera to determine whether they contained relevant information. The trial court's erroneous denial of a Pitchess motion is not reversible per se, as failure to disclose relevant information in confidential personnel files is reversible only if there is a reasonable probability of a different result had the information been disclosed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/30/2009
• Published 04/30/2009

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Peter Gold, San Francisco, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Heather J. Manolakas, Santa Monica, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Keith Borjon, Kathy S. Pomerantz, Scott A. Taryle, Kristofer Jorstad and Stacy S. Schwartz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.