BACA v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. C062609.

187 Cal.App.4th 1534 (2010)

114 Cal. Rptr. 3d 796

LOUIS BACA, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

August 31, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Baca, in pro. per., for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, and Ward A. Campbell, Deputy Attorney General, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

BLEASE, Acting P. J.

Penal Code section 1054.9 allows a convicted defendant who has been sentenced to death or life in prison without the possibility of parole to obtain discovery materials "[u]pon the prosecution of a postconviction writ of habeas corpus or a motion to vacate a judgment."1

Petitioner Louis Baca, who is serving a life term, previously brought unsuccessful petitions for writ...

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