ALVAREZ v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B172785.

12 Cal.Rptr.3d 252 (2004)

117 Cal.App.4th 1107

Marcos ALVAREZ, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

April 20, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Judge, Albert J. Menaster, Michael Fischman, Los Angeles, and Graciela Martinez for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Nelson & Fulton, Henry Patrick Nelson, Los Angeles, and Traci A. Kirkbride for Real Parties in Interest.


HASTINGS, J.

INTRODUCTION

This writ proceeding raises an issue of Pitchess1 discovery in a prosecution for resisting arrest. The defense was provided with the name of a deputy sheriff who had filed a complaint of "workplace violence" against one of the sheriffs who had arrested petitioner. When contacted by the defense investigator, the complaining deputy refused to discuss the incident that had formed the basis of his...

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