Does a judge have jurisdiction to order the disclosure of a criminal investigation report?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gilbert v. Superior Court, 193 Cal.App.3d 161, 238 Cal.Rptr. 220 (Cal. App. 1987):
In addition to being a criminal case, it is to be noted that the Pennsylvania statute made the records confidential subject to 11 exceptions, one of which was that the agency may disclose the reports to a " 'court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to court order.' " (Pennsylvania v. Ritchie, supra, 107 S.Ct. at p. 995.) The court observed:
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