Does the prosecution have a duty to obtain written statements from witnesses?

⁷ The prosecutor represented to the trial court that there was no report of the victim's undisclosed statements. That is irrelevant to the question of whether a discovery violation occurred. While defense counsel does not have a duty to obtain written statements from witnesses [citation], counsel is not entitled to withhold any relevant witness statements from the prosecution by the simple expedient of not writing them down. [S]uch gamesmanship is inconsistent with the quest for truth, which is the objective of modern discovery. (Roland v. Superior Court (2004) 124 Cal.App.4th 154, 165, 21 Cal.Rptr.3d 151.)

⁷ The prosecutor represented to the trial court that there was no report of the victim's undisclosed statements. That is irrelevant to the question of whether a discovery violation occurred. While defense counsel does not have a duty to obtain written statements from witnesses [citation], counsel is not entitled to withhold any relevant witness statements from the prosecution by the simple expedient of not writing them down. [S]uch gamesmanship is inconsistent with the quest for truth, which is the objective of modern discovery. (Roland v. Superior Court (2004) 124 Cal.App.4th 154, 165, 21 Cal.Rptr.3d 151.)

⁸ Defense counsel made a Griffin objection, which was overruled.

⁸ Defense counsel made a Griffin objection, which was overruled.