Criminal justice: state summary criminal history records.

Existing law requires the Attorney General to furnish state summary criminal history information to specified persons or entities, including courts and probation officers, if needed in the course of their duties, and authorizes the Attorney General to furnish state or federal summary criminal history information upon a showing of a compelling need to other persons or entities, including an illegal dumping enforcement officer or a peace officer of another country. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to disseminate specified information, including every conviction rendered against an applicant, whenever state or federal summary criminal history information is furnished by the Department of Justice as the result of an application by an authorized agency or organization and the information is to be used for certain purposes, including for peace officer employment or certification purposes. Under existing law, the Attorney General shall furnish summary criminal history information to a public defender or attorney of record when representing a person in a criminal case. This bill would state that this authority extends to a public defender or attorney of record when representing a person in a criminal case or a juvenile delinquency proceeding, including on appeal or during any postconviction motions, if the information is requested in the course of representation.