DOE v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. B094986.

39 Cal.App.4th 538 (1995)

45 Cal. Rptr.2d 888

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

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

October 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michael P. Judge, Public Defender, Albert J. Menaster, Verah Bradford and Alex Ricciardulli, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

De Witt W. Clinton, County Counsel, and Frederick R. Bennett, Assistant County Counsel, for Respondent.

No appearance for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

VOGEL (Miriam A.), J.

(1) (See fn. 1) The question in this case is whether an indigent defendant admittedly entitled to and in need of an appointed expert can be denied her choice of experts solely because the one with the expertise she needs is not on the trial court's "approved" panel of expert psychiatrists and psychologists — notwithstanding that (as far as we can tell) none of the "approved" panel...

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