There is nothing weird about California law in this context. I'm a california lawyer.
you have a civil case in these matters, before the criminal one.
The civil and criminal case can happen at the same time, neither waits for the other. Criminal cases move MUCH faster than civil cases as a matter of right since the Defendant can demand speedy trial.
you have to effectivelly show the prosecution everything you'll be preparing with and giving them extra ammo well before the criminal one.
That's not true. The cops can just raid you and take everything they want. Civil discovery is a joke next to that. I routinely have opposing parties blatantly lie to me and say "we don't have those documents" when I ask for evidence that would be helpful to my case, and 90% of the time, the judge lets them get away with it.
If a civil party just wants to tell you to fuck off in civil discovery and is willing to lie, you're fucked. However, in criminal cases, there is no "discovery" from the defendant when the prosecutor wants something, instead, the cops just kick your door in and take everything they want.
You're jeopardizing your criminal trial by engaging in the civil, which is ass backwards.
Not really, but most of the time the civil waits until after criminal because the civil lawyers want to be able to freeload off the government's search and seizure powers to get all kinds of juicy evidence they'd never be able to get in a civil case.
There is nothing weird about California law in this context. I'm a california lawyer.
The civil and criminal case can happen at the same time, neither waits for the other. Criminal cases move MUCH faster than civil cases as a matter of right since the Defendant can demand speedy trial.
That's not true. The cops can just raid you and take everything they want. Civil discovery is a joke next to that. I routinely have opposing parties blatantly lie to me and say "we don't have those documents" when I ask for evidence that would be helpful to my case, and 90% of the time, the judge lets them get away with it.
If a civil party just wants to tell you to fuck off in civil discovery and is willing to lie, you're fucked. However, in criminal cases, there is no "discovery" from the defendant when the prosecutor wants something, instead, the cops just kick your door in and take everything they want.
Not really, but most of the time the civil waits until after criminal because the civil lawyers want to be able to freeload off the government's search and seizure powers to get all kinds of juicy evidence they'd never be able to get in a civil case.