Legal Opinion
People v. Municipal Court (Hayden)
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 15, 1980No. Docket Nos. 47231, 47328PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHRISTIAN, J.
In separate cases in the municipal court Hayden and his associates and Zerbib were charged with resisting arrest (Pen. Code, § 148). In both cases evidence was sought by the defense in support of a theory that police misconduct had in some way justified resistance. (See Evid. Code, § 1103, providing for admissibility of character trait evidence in such situations.)
Hayden demanded discovery of any complaints (and their dispositions) against specified officers for “assaultive behavior, excessive force, false arrest, and racial, ethnic or sexual minority slurs.”
Zerbib…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Pitchess v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
- Caldwell v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1976
3Cited by5 opinions
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- PIERRE C. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
- Sacramento City Police Department v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
- City of Redding v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1988
- Arcelona v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1980