Is there any abuse or abuse of the trial court in ruling on a Pitchess motion?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Atkins, B245835 (Cal. App. 2013):

Defendant requests this court independently review the record of the in camera hearing. In carrying out our duty to conduct an independent review (People v. Mooc (2001) 26 Cal.4th 1216, 1228-1232), we issued a record correction order to have a complete record of proceedings. Having reviewed the corrected record and conducted an independent review of the proceedings, we hold the trial court did not abuse its discretion in ruling on the Pitchess motion.

The judgment is affirmed.

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