SISSON v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. D063022.

216 Cal.App.4th 24 (2013)

156 Cal. Rptr. 3d 533

RONALD JAY SISSON, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Respondent; BONNIE M. DUMANIS, as District Attorney, etc., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

May 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Fredrick for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Bonnie M. Dumanis , District Attorney, Laura Tanney , Gary Schons and Laurie Hauf , Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest Bonnie M. Dumanis.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Alicia M.B. Fowler , Assistant Attorney General, Chris A. Knudsen and Evan R. Sorem , Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Jones & Mayer and Gregory P. Palmer for Real Party in Interest Costa Mesa Police Department.


OPINION

McCONNELL, P. J.

INTRODUCTION

In this petition, we must decide whether a criminal defendant charged with provocative act murder showed good cause for discovery of complaints of dishonesty, false reporting, and excessive force in peace officers' personnel records. We must also decide whether a trial court, when conducting an in camera review of such records, must examine the records itself or whether it may rely in...

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