Is there good cause for discovery of the personnel records of a police officer not named as a victim in the criminal complaint?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Larry E. v. Superior Court, 194 Cal.App.3d 25, 239 Cal.Rptr. 264 (Cal. App. 1987):
The People argue that no good cause exists for the discovery of the personnel records of a police officer not named as a victim in a criminal complaint. In connection with this argument they also assert under Tyler v. Superior Court (1980) 102 Cal.App.3d 82, 162 Cal.Rptr. 82, that an officer's specific past acts of unnecessary violence are inadmissible for the purposes set forth in the declaration of petitioner's counsel.
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