Is a custodian's failure to provide a copy of all documents presented to the court discoverable?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Batiste, G044410, Super. Ct. No. 10WF0460 (Cal. App. 2012):
and to obtain a summary from the custodian as to documents not presented to the court. (People v. Gaines, supra, 46 Cal.4th at pp. 180-181; People v. Wycoff (2008) 164 Cal.App.4th 410, 415.) If none of the documents are discoverable, the judgment should be reinstated.
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