Guillen v. Sup. Ct.
Jose Guillen, as Jury Commissioner for the Superior Court of Imperial County (Guillen), filed a petition for writ of mandate challenging the trial court's order enforcing the subpoena duces tecum served on Guillen by defendant Reggie D. Cole requiring Guillen to disclose certain State of California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) information in his (Guillen's) possession in connection with Cole's investigation into whether the jury selection process managed by Guillen complies with constitutional standards. Guillen contends the trial court erred because: (1) Code of Civil Procedure section 197[1]precludes his disclosure of that DMV information to anyone; (2) Cole does not have a constitutional right to pretrial discovery of the requested DMV information; and (3) Cole did not make the requisite showing for disclosure of that DMV information. Court conclude Cole has not shown the DMV information is relevant under the applicable standard for disclosure of information necessary to his investigation of his reasonable belief that underrepresentation of cognizable groups may be the result of improper jury selection practices. Court therefore grant the petition.
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