Legal Opinion

In Re Littlefield

California Supreme Court

Decided May 20, 1993No. S025426PublishedCited by 104 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*125Opinion

GEORGE, J.

Petitioner Wilbur F. Littlefield, the Public Defender of Los Angeles County, challenges a judgment of the municipal court holding him in contempt of court for refusing to comply with a discovery order made pursuant to the reciprocal discovery provisions of Proposition 115 (Pen. Code, § 1054 et seq.),1 the constitutionality of which we upheld in Izazaga v. Superior Court (1991) 54 Cal.3d 356 [285 Cal.Rptr. 231, 815 P.2d 304]. The principal issue for our determination is whether section 1054.3 (setting forth the duty of disclosure on the part of the defense) and section 1054.5…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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