PEOPLE v. COLLIE

Docket No. Crim. 21720.

30 Cal.3d 43 (1981)

634 P.2d 534

177 Cal. Rptr. 458

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BERTRAM ELLSWORTH COLLIE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

October 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Richard S. Kessler, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Roger S. Hanson as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien and William D. Stein, Assistant Attorneys General, W. Eric Collins, Ann K. Jensen and Nathan D. Mihara, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

D. Lowell Jensen, District Attorney (Alameda), John J. Meehan, Chief Assistant District Attorney, and William McKinstry, Deputy District Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

This case presents a variation on a theme with which the Courts of Appeal have been struggling for over a decade without our direct guidance: under what circumstances does Prudhomme v. Superior Court (1970) 2 Cal.3d 320 [85 Cal.Rptr. 129, 466 P.2d 673], justify prosecutorial discovery of...

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