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STATE OF CALIFORNIA EX. REL. DEPT. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 31969.

37 Cal.3d 847 (1985)

693 P.2d 804

210 Cal. Rptr. 219

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; PHYLLIS E. HALL, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

January 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert F. Carlson, Joseph A. Montoya, Robert L. Meyer, Peter A. Saporito and Robert W. Vidor for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, Laurence M. Sarnoff, Ralph Courtney III and John Hamilton Scott, Deputy Public Defenders, for Real Party in Interest.

Robert H. Philibosian, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Donald J. Kaplan and Maurice H. Oppenheim, Deputy District Attorneys, as Amici Curiae.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Does an accused facing criminal charges arising out of an automobile collision have a "proper interest" under Vehicle Code section 20012 in discovering reports of other accidents at the same location?

I.

Real party in interest, Phyllis Hall, was involved in an automobile accident in which her car collided with another car and five occupants were killed...

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