California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Tran, 2d Crim. No. B280194 (Cal. App. 2018):
When a defendant files a Pitchess motion, the custodian of records must present to the trial court all potentially relevant documents in an officer's personnel file for in camera review. (People v. Mooc (2001) 26 Cal.4th 1216, 1228-1229.) During the review, the custodian should state what documents were deemed irrelevant to the defendant's request. (Id. at p. 1229.) The court should make a record of the documents it examined and state whether they should be disclosed. (Id. at pp. 1229-1232.)
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