SCHAFFER v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B217743.

185 Cal.App.4th 1235 (2010)

ARCHIE WILLIAM SCHAFFER, JR., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF VENTURA COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

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

June 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Anthony D. Zinnanti and Anthony D. Zinnanti for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Gregory Totten, District Attorney, and Michelle J. Contois, Deputy District Attorney, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

COFFEE, J.

Penal Code section 1054.1 requires the prosecution to disclose certain types of evidence and information to the defendant or to his or her attorney.1 Here, a defendant who has retained counsel demands that the prosecution furnish him copies of these discoverable items free of charge. We conclude that section 1054.1 imposes no such duty on the prosecution. The People comply with section...

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