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PEOPLE v. SUPERIOR COURT (PEARSON)

No. S171117.

48 Cal.4th 564 (2010)

107 Cal. Rptr. 3d 265

227 P.3d 858

THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Respondent; MICHAEL NEVAIL PEARSON, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

April 8, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Kochly, District Attorney, and Doug MacMaster, Deputy District Attorney, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Habeas Corpus Resource Center, Gary D. Sowards, Susan Garvey and David Lane for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

CHIN, J.—

Proposition 115 passed in 1990. Among other things, it added a new chapter to the Penal Code providing for reciprocal pretrial discovery in criminal cases. (Pen. Code, § 1054 et seq.; see Pen. Code, pt. 2, tit. 6, ch. 10.)1 The new chapter states that "[n]o order requiring discovery shall be made in criminal cases except as provided by this chapter," and that the "chapter shall be the...

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