Goodman v. Superior Court
The superior court denied a criminal defendant’s request for an in camera review of a correctional officer’s personnel files on the ground that the factual scenario suggested by the defendant was not “plausible.”We conclude the superior court employed too restrictive a definition of the word “plausible” and, in effect, required the defendant to speculate about the officer’s motives. We therefore reverse its decision and direct it to conduct the requested in camera review.
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