Does Section 1054.1 of the California Criminal Code require the prosecution to disclose the names and addresses of witnesses it intends to call as witnesses at trial?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Jackson, B282687 (Cal. App. 2018):

Section 1054.1 requires the prosecution to disclose certain categories of evidence to the defense, including "[t]he names and addresses of the persons the prosecutor intends to call as witnesses at trial," "relevant real evidence seized or obtained as part of the investigation," and "[r]elevant written or recorded statements of witnesses or reports of the statements of witnesses whom the prosecutor intends to call at the trial." ( 1054.1, subds. (a), (c), (f).) This last category encompasses unrecorded oral statements made to counsel by a witness that counsel intends to call at trial. (Roland v. Superior Court (2004) 124 Cal.App.4th 154, 166-168.)

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