Bryant v. Sup. Ct.
Proceedings in mandate as to a court order denying the defendant's motions for discovery and his requests to be present at the hearings on those motions. Jeffrey B. Jones, Judge. Petition granted.
Stanford P. Bryant, a prisoner at Calipatria State Prison, stands charged with two counts of battery on a correctional officer at the prison. The questions presented in this writ proceeding are whether the superior court erred in (1) denying Bryant's request for discovery of the identity of the officer who authored the rules violation report regarding the incident on which the charge is based and of any other reports authored by that person regarding the incident, and (2) denying him the right to attend the hearings on those requests despite the fact that he was representing himself in the proceedings below. Court answer both questions in the affirmative and grant the petition.
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