People v. Ray CA1/5

BACKGROUND

In 2007, appellant was convicted of 21 counts of second degree robbery and sentenced to 38 years 4 months in state prison. (People v. Ray (Nov. 23, 2009, A117630) [nonpub. opn.].) In 2022, appellant filed a motion for postconviction discovery. (People v. Ray (Sept. 13, 2023, A166077) [nonpub. opn.].) As relevant here, appellant

1 All undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

1 sought statements made by two accomplices. (Ibid.) We reversed the trial court’s denial of this request, directing the trial court “to grant the motion as to any recordings and/or transcripts of: (a) an Oakland Police Department interview with Melissa Ray on or about August 29, 2006; and (b) an interview by deputy district attorney Sabrina Farrell with Larry Carrington at the North County Jail on March 5, 2007.” (Ibid.) On remand, the People sent appellant audio recordings of the interviews. Appellant subsequently filed a motion seeking an order directing the People to also provide him with transcripts of the interviews.2 Appellant submitted a report from a prison litigation coordinator stating that appellant had the opportunity to listen to the audio recordings but, after…