California Penal Code CHAPTER 10 - Discovery

• Section 1054.
  This chapter shall be interpreted to give effect to all of the following purposes:(a) To promote the ascertainment of truth in trials by requiring timely pretrial...
• Section 1054.1.
  The prosecuting attorney shall disclose to the defendant or his or her attorney all of the following materials and information, if it is in the...
• Section 1054.2.
  (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no attorney may disclose or permit to be disclosed to a defendant, members of the defendant’s family, or anyone...
• Section 1054.3.
  (a) The defendant and his or her attorney shall disclose to the prosecuting attorney:(1) The names and addresses of persons, other than the defendant, he or she...
• Section 1054.4.
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting any law enforcement or prosecuting agency from obtaining nontestimonial evidence to the extent permitted by law...
• Section 1054.5.
  (a) No order requiring discovery shall be made in criminal cases except as provided in this chapter. This chapter shall be the only means by which...
• Section 1054.6.
  Neither the defendant nor the prosecuting attorney is required to disclose any materials or information which are work product as defined in subdivision (a) of...
• Section 1054.7.
  The disclosures required under this chapter shall be made at least 30 days prior to the trial, unless good cause is shown why a disclosure...
• Section 1054.8.
  (a) No prosecuting attorney, attorney for the defendant, or investigator for either the prosecution or the defendant shall interview, question, or speak to a victim or...
• Section 1054.9.
  (a) Upon the prosecution of a postconviction writ of habeas corpus or a motion to vacate a judgment in a case in which a sentence of...
• Section 1054.10.a.
  (a)  Except as provided in subdivision (b), no attorney may disclose or permit to be disclosed to a defendant, members of the defendant’s family, or...

Last modified: October 22, 2018