tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post110557613908030327..comments2024-03-15T04:02:42.341-04:00Comments on CrimLaw: No Police Report for YOU!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post-1105767196304005852005-01-15T00:33:00.000-05:002005-01-15T00:33:00.000-05:00Oh, give the names and address of the witnesses to...Oh, give the names and address of the witnesses to the defendant's thuggish friends so they can harass and intimidate those witnesses who dare to show up to testify?[-) <br /><br />Seriously, we've only had this happen once in the 17 or so years I've been associated with this office. Which is why we don't worry about it. It's mostly a remnant of the good old trial by ambush way of thinking.Mister DAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557780546647365805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post-1105666524607950722005-01-13T20:35:00.000-05:002005-01-13T20:35:00.000-05:00I'm quite confused. What kinds of things do these...I'm quite confused. What kinds of things do these untrustworthy<br />attorneys do with documents that they should be prevented from having them? I mean, at the moment, I'm imagining something like "It's okay to give a police report to attorney A, but attorney B will do something horrible with it so try not to let him have it."<br />Except I can't think what the horrible thing would be. Defend his client using information from the documents? I'm not being snide, I'm honestly flummoxed.<br /><br />-LesleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post-1105628326288368812005-01-13T09:58:00.000-05:002005-01-13T09:58:00.000-05:00My state is mixed. Very littel in formal discovery...My state is mixed. Very littel in formal discovery is mandated in arraignment court, lots in felony court. As a matter of internal policy dating back to about 1972 we _always_ provide the defense with the police reports - sometime with addresses and phone numbers of victims redacted (there is a bit of a conflict with our victim's rights law that we resolve on a case by case basis)- and everything else that's not truly attorney work product or protected by some statute or another. <br /><br />As JB and our host note, it works a lot better than the old trial by ambush procedure. <br /><br />BTW, this tends to be the practice across the state, not just my enlightened corner.Mister DAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557780546647365805noreply@blogger.com