In re D.L. CA1/1

INTRODUCTION

D.L. appeals from the dispositional order entered after he admitted the charge of carrying a concealed weapon in public. He requests we conduct an independent review of the denial of his Pitchess1 motion made prior to his plea, to which the Attorney General does not object. Following our independent review, we conclude the trial court’s order regarding the discoverability of material in police personnel files was not an abuse of discretion, and affirm.

BACKGROUND

We set forth only those facts pertinent to the issue on appeal. After police detained and searched him near the Sunnydale Housing Development, D.L. was arrested 1 and charged with one count of carrying a concealed firearm (Pen. Code, § 25400, subds. (a)(2), (c)(4)) and one count of carrying a loaded firearm in public (§ 25850, subds. (a), (c)(4)). He filed a Pitchess motion as to the four San Francisco police officers who participated in his detention and arrest, seeking personnel records and complaints received by the Office of Citizen Complaints. The court entered a stipulated order regarding production of the confidential files regarding the…