People v. Mooc

Opinion

WERDEGAR, J.

In Pitchess v. Superior Court (1974) 11 Cal.3d

531 [113 Cal.Rptr. 897, 522 P.2d 305] (Pitchess), we recognized that a criminal defendant may, in some circumstances, compel the discovery of evidence in the arresting law enforcement officer’s personnel file that is relevant to the defendant’s ability to defend against a criminal charge. “In 1978, the California Legislature codified the privileges and procedures surrounding what had come to be known as ‘Pitchess motions’ . . . through the enactment of Penal Code sections 832.7 and 832.8 and Evidence Code sections 1043 through…