Can a defense witness be compelled to give a verbatim record to a jury?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Andrus v. Municipal Court, 143 Cal.App.3d 1041, 192 Cal.Rptr. 341 (Cal. App. 1983):
We believe the question of the sufficiency of the justification for a verbatim record offered by an indigent to be virtually moribund after Mayer, March, and Allen v. Superior Court (1976) 18 Cal.3d 520, 134 Cal.Rptr. 774, 557 P.2d 65 [disclosure of defense witnesses before jury selection may not be compelled]. In all but the rarest cases little more than a bare request will suffice.
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