ASSOCIATION FOR LOS ANGELES DEPUTY SHERIFFS v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S243855.

8 Cal.5th 28 (2019)

ASSOCIATION FOR LOS ANGELES DEPUTY SHERIFFS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benedon & Serlin, Douglas G. Benedon , Judith E. Posner ; Green & Shinee, Richard A. Shinee ; The Gibbons Firm, Elizabeth J. Gibbons and Emily B. Suhr , for Petitioner.

Stone Busailah, Michael P. Stone , Muna Busailah and Robert Rabe , for Riverside Sheriffs' Association, Los Angeles Police Protective League, Southern California Alliance of Law Enforcement and Los Angeles School Police Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Mastagni Holstedt, David P. Mastagni , David E. Mastagni , Isaac S. Stevens ; Berry Wilkinson Law Group and Alison Berry Wilkinson , for Peace Officers Research Associaiton and the PORAC Legal Defense Fund as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Frederick Bennett , for Respondent.

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, Geoffrey S. Sheldon , Alex Y. Wong , and James E. Oldendorph, Jr. , for Real Parties in Interest.

Bartkiewicz, Kronick & Shanahan and Jennifer T. Buckman , for League of California Cities as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

Mark Zahner ; Michael D. Schwartz , Chief Assistant District Attorney, (Ventura); Jerry P. Coleman , Special Assistant District Attorney, (San Francisco); and Albert C. Locher , Retired Assistant District Attorney, (Sacramento), for California District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

Peter J. Eliasberg , Melanie R.P. Ochoa ; Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow, Benjamin N. Gluck , Naeun Rim , and Nithin Kumar for ACLU of Southern California, ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties and Dignity and Power Now as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

Hilary Potashner , Federal Public Defender, and Alyssa D. Bell , Deputy Federal Public Defender, for the Office of the Federal Defender of Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

Steven Harmon , Public Defender (Riverside), and Laura Arnold , Deputy Public Defender, for California Public Defenders Association and Law Offices of the Public Defender for the County of Riverside as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

Jonathan Abel for Professor Jody D. Armour, Professor W. David Ball, Professor Lara Bazelon, Professor Samantha Buckingham, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor Gabriel "Jack" Chin, Professor Beth A. Colgan, Professor Sharon Dolovich, Professor Ingrid Eagly, Associate Dean Carrie Hemple, Professor Alex Kreit, Professor Máximo Langer, Professor Laurie Levenson, Associate Dean Justin Levitt, Professor Eric J. Miller, Professor Samuel Pillsbury, Dean L. Song Richardson, Professor Heidi Rummel, Professor Jonathan Simon, Professor Kelly Strader, Professor Katie Tinto, Professor Sherod Thaxton, Professor Ronald Tyler, Professor Rachel E. VanLandingham, Professor Robert Weisberg and Professor Kate Weisburd as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

Alicia Virani , and Stephen K. Dunkle , for California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

George Gascón , District Attorney (San Francisco), and Allison G. Macbeth , Assistant District Attorney, for San Francisco District Attorney as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General, Edward C. DuMont , State Solicitor General, Aimee Feinberg , Deputy State Solicitor General, Peter D. Halloran , and J. Michael Chamberlain , Deputy Attorneys General, for Attorney General as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

Dennis J. Herrera , City Attorney, (San Francisco), and Jeremy M. Goldman , Co-Chief of Appellate Litigation, for City and County of San Francisco, by and through the San Francisco Police Department as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

Jeff Adachi , Public Defender, (San Francisco), Matt Gonzalez , Chief Attorney, and Dorothy Bishoff , Deputy Public Defender, for San Francisco Public Defender's Office as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

This case concerns the relationship between prosecutors' constitutional duty to disclose information to criminal defendants and a statutory scheme that restricts prosecutors' access to some of that information.

A prosecutor in a criminal case must...

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