SAUNDERS v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. D032472.

89 Cal.Rptr.2d 440 (1999)

75 Cal.App.4th 789

William Bradford SAUNDERS, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of San Diego County, Respondent; The People, Real Party in Interest.

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

Review Denied January 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Carroll, Public Defender, Gary R. Nichols and Matthew C. Braner, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

Carmela F. Simoncini for Appellate Defenders, Inc., as amicus curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

John J. Sansone, County Counsel, Diane Bardsley, Assistant County Counsel, R. Mark Beesley, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.

Paul J. Pfingst, District Attorney, Thomas F. McArdle and Anthony Lovett, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Laura Whitcomb Halgren and Angela K. Rosenau, Deputy Attorneys General, as amici curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


NARES, J.

This case involves interpretation of the criminal discovery chapter (Pen. Code,1 § 1054 et seq.), implemented in 1990 as part of Proposition 115. William Bradford Saunders petitions for a writ of mandate after the court imposed $500 in sanctions against him for the failure to comply with its order to provide the prosecution with the reports of designated expert witnesses by a certain date during trial. We conclude sanctions...

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