Filed 7/22/10
IN THE SUPREME
COURT OF CALIFORNIA
MOISES
GALINDO, )
)
Petitioner, )
) S170550
v. )
) Ct.App. 2/8 B208923
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS )
ANGELES
COUNTY, ) Los Angeles
County
) Super. Ct.
No. BA337159
Respondent; )
)
CITY
OF LOS ANGELES POLICE )
DEPARTMENT
et al., )
)
Real Parties in
Interest. )
__________________________________ )
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; Evid. Code,
§§ 1043-1045) for disclosure of prior citizen complaints made against the
arresting officer and four other officers involved in the incident.
court's 1974 decision in Pitchess v.
Superior Court, supra,
defendants a judicially created right to discovery of prior citizen complaints
alleging misconduct by California peace officers. In 1978, the Legislature codified the right
and set forth which officer records are subject to Pitchess discovery. (Pen.
Code,
§§ 832.7, 832.8; Evid. Code, §§ 1043-1045.) As relevant here, these statutes permit a
criminal defendant to â€
| Description | 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; 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 a judicially created right to discovery of prior citizen complaints alleging misconduct by California peace officers. In 1978, the Legislature codified the right and set forth which officer records are subject to Pitchess discovery. (Pen. Code, §§ 832.7, 832.8; Evid. Code, §§ 1043-1045.) As relevant here, these statutes permit a criminal defendant to †|
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