California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Briley v. Appellate Div. Of Superior Court, 124 Cal.App.4th 1223, 22 Cal.Rptr.3d 240 (Cal. App. 2004):
The information sought by the defense on this case consists of statements by percipient witnesses to the events that form the basis for the pending criminal charges. The criminal discovery statutes ordinarily require the disclosure of "[r]elevant written or recorded statements of witnesses or reports of the statements of witnesses whom the prosecutor intends to call at the trial ..." so long as this information is in the possession of the prosecutor or known to be in the possession of the investigating agencies. (Pen.Code, 1054.1; 1054.1 subd. (f).). Statements of percipient witnesses and witnesses anticipated to be called at trial are customarily discoverable without request. (Robinson v. Superior Court (1978) 76 Cal. App.3d 968, 978, 143 Cal.Rptr. 328.)
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