Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Superior Court of L.A. Cty.
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 12, 1997No. B106065PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ORTEGA, Acting P. J.
Paul Anise Thompson is charged with possessing a gun as a convicted felon with several prior convictions. Before trial, pursuant to a prosecution discovery request, the trial court ordered Thompson, over his objection, to give the prosecution raw written notes from interviews by his investigator and one of his attorneys with defense witnesses who might testify at trial. The trial court relied on Penal Code section 1054.3, 1 part of the comprehensive criminal discovery reforms (§§ 1054-1054.7) enacted when the voters passed Proposition 115 on June 5, 1990. The trial…
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