Yes. Particularly with the way they did it. If they instead went through police detectives, I believe detectives aren't required to turn over every single thi

Yes. Particularly with the way they did it. If they instead went through police detectives, I believe detectives aren't required to turn over every single thing they have during discovery. So they could legally keep the notes of a conversation they had with a witness to be their own, or simply not make notes on it in the first place so they have nothing to hand over. I believe that would be totally legal. What they did here violates the judicial process as you mentioned in a very horrible way.