What is the test for subpoenaing a police officer's personnel records for In camera inspection?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Morales, 412 N.Y.S.2d 310, 97 Misc.2d 733 (N.Y. City Ct. 1979):
The court concluded that personnel records of police officers, when subpoenaed, should be turned over to the trial judge for In camera inspection and, in the exercise of his discretion, to "determine their relevancy under the circumstances of the trial" (People v. Sumpter, supra, p. 61, 347 N.Y.S.2d p. 678).
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