PEOPLE v. SUPERIOR COURT (KEUFFEL & ESSER CO.)

Docket No. B017898.

181 Cal.App.3d 785 (1986)

227 Cal. Rptr. 13

THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; KEUFFEL & ESSER COMPANY, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

May 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ira Reiner, District Attorney, Donald J. Kaplan and Brent Riggs, Deputy District Attorneys, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, John E. Burns and Judith F. Daar for Real Party in Interest.

Basich & Barish and Herbert M. Barish as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

HASTINGS, J.

The issue in this original proceeding is whether a corporate defendant in a criminal case may be compelled to produce corporate records and information derived therefrom in response to a prosecution discovery request. In this case, the municipal court granted the People's request for discovery and defendant Keuffel & Esser Company thereafter petitioned for a writ of prohibition in the superior court. Citing...

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