Davis

I. INTRODUCTION

In 2000, a jury convicted Julio Davis of first degree burglary (Pen. Code, § 459) and also found that he had four prior first degree felony-burglary convictions. The trial court imposed a sentence of 25 years to life in prison. In April 2003, this court affirmed the judgment against Davis who is currently serving his sentence. (See People V. Davis (Apr. 2, 2003, A094645) (Davis I) [nonpub. opn.].)

In 2012, the San Francisco District Attorney’s office filed a motion for discovery of potentially relevant records from the personnel file of a police officer who testified at trial in Davis I. The superior court conducted an in camera review of the file and then issued an order finding that the officer’s records are not material to Davis’s case, either as evidence bearing on his guilt or sentence or as impeachment evidence.

Although not a party to the 2012 postjudgment discovery motion, Davis filed a notice of appeal seeking independent appellate review of the officer’s records to determine whether they contain material that should have been produced to the People pursuant to Brady v. Maryland (1963) 373 U.S. 83 [ 10 L.Ed.2d 215 , 83 S.Ct. 1194 ] (Brady). In…