The Court of Appeal issued a writ of mandate directing the trial court to vacate its order granting defendant’s motion for discovery under PC 745, the Racial Justice Act (RJA). The Court finds that defendant’s factual scenario that he was overcharged to pressure him before trial is unsupported. His assertion that he faced more severe charges than another defendant is not consistent with the information provided for that other case. Defendant’s statewide (rather than countywide) statistics fail to present a factual allegation of specific misconduct. Because defendant failed to demonstrate good cause, the trial court erred in granting discovery.

The full opinion is available on the court’s website here: https://www4.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/E085658.PDF