Does a District Attorney have a continuing duty to disclose the identity of witnesses discovered after informal discovery?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Mort, 214 Cal.App.2d 596, 29 Cal.Rptr. 650 (Cal. App. 1963):

At oral argument petitioner conceded that in view of the holding in People v. Briggs, 58 A.C. 391, 417, 24 Cal.Rptr. 417, 374 P.2d 257, the district attorney was not under a continuing duty to disclose the identity of witnesses discovered after defense counsel's informal discovery. He does contend that the failure of the district attorney to either call the two witnesses or advise him of their existence constituted suppression of evidence.

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