PRUDHOMME v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 29702.

2 Cal.3d 320 (1970)

466 P.2d 673

85 Cal. Rptr. 129

JEARLDINE PRUDHOMME, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard S. Buckley, Public Defender, James L. McCormick, Harold E. Shabo and Joel S. Peck, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent. Evelle J. Younger, District Attorney, Harry Wood, Arnold Gruminski and Maurice H. Oppenheim, Deputy District Attorneys, Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, and William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

BURKE, J.

This case, and two other cases before this court,1 raise important questions regarding the permissible extent of pretrial discovery by the prosecution in a criminal case. Petitioner herein, a defendant in a pending murder case, seeks to enjoin enforcement of a discovery order compelling her attorney to disclose to the prosecution the names, addresses and expected testimony of the witnesses...

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