My question involves traffic court in the State of: California

Pertaining a 22349a speeding ticket. I sent discovery notices out about 35 days ago, (from a friend so that there is a witness that they were sent and by priority mail) to the CHP offices that the officer works at, the DA Steve Cooley, and thencourt and have only received a reply from the DA.

The DA stated that he is not the prosecuting attorney and thus does not have an obligation to give discovery. He quoted People v. Carlucci (1979) for the reason for the absence of the prosecutor.

My discovery asked for Pursuant to California Penal Code sections 1054 and 1054.1, and California Government Code section 26500, the defendant in the above entitled matter does hereby request under discovery the following:
 A list of all witnesses for the prosecution.
 A copy of all records regarding the maintenance and calibration of the speedometer used in this case;
 A copy of all of Officer J. Bach’s notes on this case including copies of the front and back of the officer’s copy of the ticket.
This request is made on this the 11th day of August 2011.

I feel like I am in a jam here because my TBD is due in about a week and half and I still have not received discovery.

My last thread (which is now closed) had information of the ticket I am pasting the details from there hereafter, the thread is located at http://www.expertlaw.com/forums/show...ht=#post520003.
My question involves a speeding ticket from the State of: California
More precisely Souther California, and the ticket was issued by a CHP officer in San Dimas (Los Angeles County)

I was cited for 22349 (a) infraction, with posted speed 65 and approx speed 90.


1. First, the date of birth is wrong on the ticket, the officer sent in a Notice of Correction but again has the wrong year. I do understand that this is just a clerical error and does not dismiss the ticket, but does it warrant mentioning in court.

2. The officer did not use a radar, lidar, and did not mention which patrol vehicle he used on the citation. He did mention verbally that he "paced" me. Does this require a special certification in court?
Also how can he bring proof that the speedometer was calibrated if the does not mention the patrol car?

3. If he did pace me I had another car in front of me going 75. I had cruise control set at that speed and was keeping equal distance to the car in front of me. I moved out of the #3 lane to the #2 because the officer was moving quickly behind me (thought there was an emergency he was getting to), this may account for the high speed he used when pacing, should I mention this in court. The officer did not have his headlights on, and it was 9 pm?

4. I have 4 weeks, should I file a notice of Discovery or just request any information the Officer has in court?

I tried to make this post as organized as possible, I understand that the Officer was doing his job of keeping us safe, I would just like to exercise my right to a trial.

Thank You for your help and reading the post, it is much appreciated.