Reviewing the Brief and Disclosure

• Author: Karen Jokinen/Peter Keen
• Pages: 207-214

207

Reviewing

the Brief and

Disclosure

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I. Introduction ................................................. 208

II. Disclosure to Look For ........................................ 208

A. The Information ........................................ 208

B. Ocer’s Notes and Duty to Record ........................ 209

C. Videos of Breath Room, Custody Time, In-Car Cameras,

and Drug-Recognition-Expert Testing ....................... 209

D. Approved Instrument and Approved Screening

Device Information ..................................... 210

E. Evaluating Ocer’s (Drug Recognition Expert’s) Manual ....... 210

F. Rolling Logs ........................................... 210

G. McNeil Reports ........................................ 211

H. In-Custody Disclosure (Notes, Prisoner’s Log,

Strip-Search Guidelines, etc.) ............................. 212

I. Alcohol-Inuence Report ................................. 212

J. Search Warrant and Information to Obtain Warrant ........... 212

K. Hospital Records ....................................... 212

L. Photographs ........................................... 212

M. 911 Calls .............................................. 213

N. Dispatch Recordings .................................... 213

O. Strategic Considerations for the Defence … When Not to Ask ... 213

P. Accident Reconstruction Reports and Other Expert Reports ..... 213

III. What to Ask For .............................................. 214

IV. What to Do in Cases Where Disclosure Is Refused .................. 214

V. Conclusion .................................................. 214

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