P.R. Laws Ap. tit. 34A, § II, Rule 95A

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Rule 95A. DISCOVERY OF EVIDENCE OF THE DEFENDANT IN FAVOR OF THE PROSECUTION

(a) On motion of the prosecution after the defendant has requested the discovery of evidence pursuant to clauses (3) and (4) of subsection (a) of Rule 95 and within the term prescribed for filing it, the court shall order the defendant to allow the prosecution to inspect, copy or photocopy the following material or information that is in the possession, custody or control of the defendant and that he intends to present as evidence at the trial:

(1) Any book, paper, document, photograph or tangible object.

(2) Any result or report of physical or mental examinations or scientific tests or experiments performed with relation to that particular case.

(b) This rule does not authorize the inspection, copying or photocopying of records, correspondence, writs or memoranda that are the product of the work of the defendant, or of the counsel for the defendant, in the investigation, study and preparation of his defense, nor of any communication made by the defendant, as well as those statements made by the defendant, by witnesses or possible witnesses for the defense or by the People, for the defendant or the agents or counsel of the defendant.

History —Added on July 1, 1988, No. 58, p. 266, § 2, eff. 90 days after July 1, 1988.