California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gabino, C073723 (Cal. App. 2015):
"Pitchess, supra, 11 Cal.3d 531, and its statutory progeny are based on the premise that evidence contained in a law enforcement officer's personnel file may be relevant to an accused's criminal defense and that to withhold such relevant evidence from the defendant would violate the accused's due process right to a fair trial." (People v. Mooc (2001) 26 Cal.4th 1216, 1227 (Mooc).)
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