What is the test for entering a protective order in a criminal case?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Contreras, B247437 (Cal. App. 2014):

"Several statutes permit entry of a protective order under certain circumstances in a criminal case," but the Attorney General does not rely on any of them here. (People v. Robertson (2012) 208 Cal.App.4th 965, 996 (Robertson).)5 Instead, the Attorney General argues the protective order was authorized by the trial court's

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inherent power based on certain victims' rights provisions in the California Constitution, including to be "free from intimidation, harassment, and abuse, through the criminal or juvenile justice process," "[t]o be reasonably protected from the defendant and persons acting on behalf of the defendant," and "[t]o have the safety of the victim and the victim's family considered in fixing the amount of bail and release conditions for the defendant." (Cal. Const., art. I, 28, subd. (b)(1)-(3).) The Attorney General also analogizes to the trial court's inherent authority to protect jurors once they are discharged. (Townsel v. Superior Court (1999) 20 Cal.4th 1084, 1091.)

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