Villa v. Superior Court
Eddie Victor Villa filed a petition for writ of mandate and/or prohibition naming the Santa Clara County Superior Court as respondent and the People of the State of California as real party in interest. Petitioner requested that this court direct respondent to vacate its order denying him access to the witnesses’ contact information. We denied the petition. The California Supreme Court granted his petition for review, and transferred the matter to this court with directions to vacate our order and to issue an alternative writ. We stayed all further proceedings in the matter pending our review of the petition and issued an order for the real party to show cause why the petition should not be granted. We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to authorize pretrial disclosure of the witnesses’ contact information. Accordingly, the petition is denied, and the alternative writ is discharged.
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