TWIGGS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 24529.

34 Cal.3d 360 (1983)

667 P.2d 1165

194 Cal. Rptr. 152

LEROY TWIGGS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Steve Emery Teich for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, William D. Stein, Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci and Donna B. Chew, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

Michael E. Nail, District Attorney, and John R. Vance, Jr., Deputy District Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

BROUSSARD, J.

This case raises questions involving the duty of the prosecution to reveal the identity and location of a police informant whose testimony is material to the defendant's guilt or innocence, and the propriety of the prosecution's attempt to amend the information to charge prior felony convictions after the defendant has refused a plea bargain and invoked his right to a retrial.

Defendant seeks a writ of...

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