Legal Opinion
Michael v. Gates
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 20, 1995No. B078695PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARMSTRONG, J.
This case presents issues regarding the application of Penal Code section 832.7, Evidence Code section 1043, and the constitutional right to privacy to a novel factual situation. Specifically, we are asked to determine whether, when a former police officer testifies against a police department in a lawsuit, the law enforcement agency which employed the officer may allow its lawyer to review the officer’s personnel records in order to evaluate their use as impeachment at trial, without compliance with the procedural requirements of Evidence Code sections 1043 and 1045. We…
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