Does the Attorney General have the right to request a closed preliminary hearing?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hall, In re, 179 Cal.Rptr. 223, 30 Cal.3d 408, 637 P.2d 690 (Cal. 1981):
4 We note that the Attorney General expressed no such concern when he argued to us in a recent case that prosecutors should have the right to request closed preliminary hearings when their witnesses are reluctant to testify for fear of public exposure or reprisal. (See People v. Pompa-Ortiz (1980) 27 Cal.3d 519, 165 Cal.Rptr. 851, 612 P.2d 941.)
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