1988 Trust For Allen Children v. Banner Life Insurance Company

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• assuming Commonwealth’s interest in being heard in opposition to order requiring production of records of police department’s internal affairs division
• whether documents or records should be produced prior to trial is reserved to sound discretion of trial judge
• \whether documents should be produced prior to trial is reserved to [the] sound discretion of the trial judge\
• defendant may obtain order requiring production of records from police internal affairs division where information is relevant to material issue in criminal proceedings and could be beneficial to defense
• material exempt from public disclosure not automatically protected from disclosure in criminal actions
• defendant may not obtain internal affairs division material without making a showing to a judge that there is a specific, good faith reason to believe it is relevant to a material issue in the case

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