Section 240.10. Discovery; definition of terms  


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  • The following definitions are applicable to this article:
        1.    "Demand  to  produce"  means a written notice served by and on a
      party to a criminal action, without leave of  the  court,  demanding  to
      inspect  property  pursuant to this article and giving reasonable notice
      of the time at which the demanding party wishes to inspect the  property
      designated.
        2.    "Attorneys'  work  product" means property to the extent that it
      contains the  opinions,  theories  or  conclusions  of  the  prosecutor,
      defense counsel or members of their legal staffs.
        3.   "Property" means any existing tangible personal or real property,
      including, but not  limited  to,  books,  records,  reports,  memoranda,
      papers,  photographs,  tapes or other electronic recordings, articles of
      clothing,  fingerprints,  blood   samples,   fingernail   scrapings   or
      handwriting specimens, but excluding attorneys' work product.
        4.    "At  the trial" means as part of the people's or the defendant's
      direct case.