Is there any case law where a motion to continue sealing a search warrant affidavit has been successful?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Negron, B301149 (Cal. App. 2020):
People v. Lawley (2002) 27 Cal.4th 102, the only case on which the People appear to rely with respect to the merits of the continued sealing, is inapposite, as it concerned neither the official information privilege nor a motion to unseal a search warrant affidavit; rather, it concerned a defendant's motion for disclosure of a confidential
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