California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Withers, D067156, D067470 (Cal. App. 2016):
"Section 1054.1 (the reciprocal-discovery statute) 'independently requires the prosecution to disclose to the defense . . . certain categories of evidence "in the possession of the prosecuting attorney or [known by] the prosecuting attorney . . . to be in the possession of the investigating agencies."'" (People v. Verdugo (2010) 50 Cal.4th 263, 279-280 (Verdugo).) "Evidence subject to disclosure includes . . . any '[r]elevant written or recorded statements of witnesses or reports of the statements of witnesses whom the prosecutor intends to call at the trial, including any reports or statements of
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