Legal Opinion
Schaffer v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 23, 2010No. B217743PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COFFEE, J.
Penal Code section 1054.1 requires the prosecution to disclose certain types of evidence and information to the defendant or to his or her attorney. Here, a defendant who has retained counsel demands that the prosecution furnish him copies of these discoverable items free of charge. We conclude that section 1054.1 imposes no such duty on the prosecution. The People comply with section 1054.1 by affording the defendant an opportunity to examine, inspect, or copy the discoverable items. A nonindigent defendant may receive at his or her own expense copies of discovery made…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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