Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Discovery

If a person is charged criminally, can another atttorney, not his own attorney of record, request by motion or by ex parte application to the District attorney or arresting agency, to view or find out what evidence has been gathered by that agency or district attorney's office before that defendant's preliminary hearing has taken place. Want to learn this information because its possible that one of the attorney's clients resembles the criminal in question and would want to see if any of the evidence collected resembles or is connetced to own client.


Asked on 10/11/00, 4:32 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Steven Mandell Law Offices of Steven R. Mandell

Re: Discovery

The defendant is entitled to that discovery, but it can only be given to the defendant's attorney of record. If you want another attorney to do it for you, you might have that attorney associate in with your attorney of record.

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Answered on 11/06/00, 1:25 pm


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