People v. Superior Court
Opinion
Opinion
Ardaiz, J.
Statement of Facts
Real party in interest in this court, Rodney Berryman, Sr., was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in Kern County Superior Court. The conviction and sentence were upheld by the California State Supreme Court. In a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, real party in interest raised by collateral review over 20 claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel.
Petitioner in the present case, the People of the State of California, represented by the State Attorney General, filed a motion in Kern County Superior Court seeking release of real party in interest’s confidential funding requests pursuant to Penal Code section 987.9, which provides:
Real party in interest opposed the motion. On May 17, 2000, the superior court denied the motion, ruling as follows:
On June 13, 2000, the present petition was filed. A preliminary opposition was filed by real party in interest on June 16, 2000. This court ordered a formal response, which was filed on July 10, 2000.
We conclude the filing of a petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging, among other things, claims of…