When will a prosecution attorney's unawareness of a booking officer's statement to the booking officer be considered relevant to whether there is a violation of the Criminal Code Act?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Dorrough, B285742 (Cal. App. 2019):

First, he argues that prosecutors are deemed to know what their investigating officers know, such that the prosecuting attorney's unawareness of the defendant's statement to the booking officer is irrelevant to whether there is a violation of the Act. For support, defendant cites In re Littlefield (1993) 5 Cal.4th 122 (Littlefield) and People v. Little (1997) 59 Cal.App.4th 426 (Little). While prosecutors are deemed to know what all members of the "'"prosecution team"'" know for purposes of their due

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