Opinion ID: 1351145
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 10

Heading: The prosecution's compliance with discovery

Text: While the case was still in Sacramento, defendant complained he had not received various discovery items from the prosecutor, i.e., videotapes of Charlene's interviews with the police concerning California and Oregon crimes, and some separate killings in Nevada. The court ordered the prosecution to disclose the tapes by August 6, 1982. The prosecution disclosed some of the material on that date, and the rest within a week of that date. (31) The trial court denied defendant's motion to dismiss on the ground the prosecution had failed to timely comply with discovery; instead, the court granted defendant a continuance. We find neither error nor prejudice. Nor are we convinced that the prosecution's actions amounted to reversible error under Brady v. Maryland (1963) 373 U.S. 83 [10 L.Ed.2d 215, 83 S.Ct. 1194], or People v. Rutherford (1975) 14 Cal.3d 399 [121 Cal. Rptr. 261, 534 P.2d 1341] (prosecution's duty to disclose evidence).