Caldwell v. Municipal Court

Opinion

THE COURT. *

Dorothy Lee Caldwell and Ronnie Caldwell appeal from a judgment denying a writ of mandamus to compel respondent municipal court to grant discovery in a pending misdemeanor case in which appellants are defendants.

The charges against appellants are battery upon Officer Lance House of the Oakland Police Department (Pen. Code, § 243) and obstructing a police officer in the performance of his duty (Pen. Code, § 148). A deputy public defender filed in the municipal court a declaration to obtain a 'subpoena duces tecum directed to the chief of police to compel production of:

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