P. v. MacManus
Appellant appeals from his conviction for stalking and making criminal threats against his estranged wife, Anne MacManus. (Pen. Code, SS 422 and 646.9, subd. (b).) The prosecution introduced evidence of prior incidents of domestic violence by MacManus to establish Anne was reasonably in fear for her safety. During trial, the defense learned for the first time a police officer involved in investigating one of those prior incidents may have made false statements in an application for an emergency protective order he obtained on Anne's behalf two years earlier. Although that officer was not called as a witness, MacManus sought a continuance of the trial to pursue Pitchess discovery of the personnel files of the officer in question and another officer who did testify about the prior incident. On appeal, MacManus contends the trial court erred by denying the continuance. We find no error and affirm the judgment.
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