California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sandoval, H042448 (Cal. App. 2016):
by fiat or without any valid showing to justify the need for the order. (Bitter v. United States (1967) 389 U.S. 15, 16.)" (Ibid.) The prosecutor in Ponce "did not make an offer of proof or any argument to justify the need for a protective order." (Ibid.)
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