Murgia v. Municipal Court

*290Opinion

TOBRINER, J.

We face here the narrow question whether the instant criminal defendants1 may obtain a discovery order directing the prosecutor to produce information relevant to defendants’ claim that various penal statutes are being discriminately enforced against them. Defendants, members of the United Farm Workers Union (hereafter UFW), allege that the law enforcement authorities of an entire county have engaged in a deliberate, systematic practice of discriminatory enforcement of the criminal law against UFW members and supporters. Defendants maintain that the equal protection clauses…