What is the test for obtaining discovery from a police officer's personnel file?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hughes, B249932, B258470 (Cal. App. 2014):
Defendant has asked us to review the sealed transcript of the August 2, 2011 in camera Pitchess hearing. When a defendant seeks discovery from a police officer's personnel records, the trial court must determine whether potentially responsive documents from the officer's personnel file should be produced to the defendant. (People v. Mooc (2001) 26 Cal.4th 1216, 1225-1226, 1229 (Mooc).) The court must make a
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record of what documents it examined. (Id. at p. 1229)
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