Judge orders discovery turnover, limits disclosure of complainant addresses and discusses missing bodycam evidence in child-abuse case

At a discovery hearing in the case against Celeste Flores, the court granted the defense’s motion for discovery in large part while protecting certain safety-sensitive material. Judge Stephanie Boyd told the prosecutor the court would exclude the state’s work product and the complainant’s home addresses from routine disclosure to the public file because of safety concerns, while requiring the state to provide witness names and business addresses to the defense. The court said it would perform in-camera review of any disputed material if necessary.

The prosecutor told the court that some items were not in the state’s possession or are limited by safety concerns: the state said it could provide school/work contact information for professional witnesses but would not publish personal home addresses. On body-worn camera evidence, the prosecutor reported that some body-cam footage that had once existed was no longer available; the court directed the prosecutor to obtain and file an affidavit of no-record for those videos and to continue seeking CPS records or other discoverable items.

The court ordered the state to turn over business addresses and contact information for witnesses and to make any additional disclosures promptly; the court set a follow-up status hearing (initially reset to April 1) and warned the defense that subpoenas should be used if witnesses needed to appear and the state was unable to provide records in time.