State v. Pliego

HOWE, Chief Justice:

¶ 1 We granted defendant Robert Daniel Pliego’s petition for interlocutory appeal to review the trial court’s order denying his discovery motion, wherein he sought an order requiring the prosecution to obtain and produce the victim’s mental health records, and for an in camera inspection of records of the Division of Family Services (DFS) and the Child Protective Services (CPS) pertaining to the victim.

FACTS

¶ 2 This case arises from the alleged rape of a sixteen-year-old girl, B.H., while she was at a teenage drinking party on the evening of December 28, 1997. B.H. asserts…