Does Section 1054.1 of the reciprocal-discovery statute require the prosecution to disclose to the defense certain categories of evidence?

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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