What is the confidentiality requirement for an application to obtain funds from the Attorney General?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Anderson, 240 Cal.Rptr. 585, 43 Cal.3d 1104, 742 P.2d 1306 (Cal. 1987):
The confidentiality requirement was evidently intended to prevent the prosecution from learning of the application for funds and thereby improperly anticipating the accused's defense. (66 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 407, 408-410 (1983); see Keenan v. Superior Court (1982) 31 Cal.3d 424, 430, 180 Cal.Rptr. 489, 640 P.2d 108.) The mandate that a judge other than the trial judge rule on the application--the "other-judge" provision--was clearly designed to support the confidentiality requirement and to further its purpose.
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