What is the impact of the reciprocal discovery scheme on a defendant's right to counsel?

Defendant exaggerates the effect of the reciprocal discovery scheme on his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. As we have noted, defendant need disclose only those witnesses (and only the statements of those witnesses) whom defendant intends to produce at trial. Obviously, these will be witnesses defendant deems essential to the issue of guilt. It is doubtful that anyone whom counsel deems unhelpful or damaging to the defense would be on defendant's list of witnesses he intends to call at trial. The identity of such witnesses need not be disclosed. There is nothing in the statutory scheme which would inhibit counsel from making a full, exhaustive investigation on behalf of his client or which would penalize counsel for having done so. (State v. Yates (1988) 111 Wash.2d 793, 765 P.2d 291, 295.)