Legal Opinion
Galindo v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES CNTY.
California Supreme Court
Decided July 22, 2010No. S170550PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*5Opinion
KENNARD, J.
Charged by felony complaint with threatening and resisting an arresting officer in the performance of his duties (Pen. Code, §§ 422, 69), petitioner Moises Galindo brought a Pitchess motion (see Pitchess v. Superior Court (1974) 11 Cal.3d 531 [113 Cal.Rptr. 897, 522 P.2d 305]; Evid. Code, §§ 1043-1045) for disclosure of prior citizen complaints made against the arresting officer and four other officers involved in the incident.
Pitchess motions are so named after this court’s 1974 decision in Pitchess v. Superior Court, supra, 11 Cal.3d 531, which afforded criminal defendants…
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