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Motion To Dismiss
Motion To Dismiss
ADDRESS
Telephone: ( )
) CASE NO.:
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ) CITATION NO:
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CALIFORNIA, ) MOTION TO DISMISS PURSUANT TO
) PENAL CODE SECTIONS 1054- 1054.7,
Plaintiff, ) 19.7; PROOF OF SERVICE
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vs. )
DEFENDANT’S NAME )
)
)
Defendant, )
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MOTION TO DISMISS
On DATE, DEFENDANT’S NAME was issued a citation for a violation of VC _________.
A Discovery Motion was filed with this court on DATE and delivered to and signed for by
ISSUING AGENT on DATE, pursuant to the United States Constitution, Fifth, Sixth, and
Fourteenth Amendment, California Constitution, Art. I, 15, and Penal Code 1054 et. seq.
The parties have failed comply with the discovery motion and produce documents and testimony
in a timely manner. The defense respectfully requests this court either refuse to allow the citing
officer to testify (Penal Code 1054.6 (b), (c), or to dismiss this case as the sanction for the
prosecution’s failure to fulfill its constitutional and statutory mandate to provide the requested
discovery. (Dell M. v Superior Court (1977) 70 Cal.App.3d 782; People v. Brophy (1992) 5
Cal.App.4th 932.)
This supplemental motion is based on all papers in the court’s file, these moving papers, points,
authorities, and arguments, and any argument of counsel at the hearing herein.
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DEFENDANT’S NAME AND SIGNATURE