California Court of Appeal

Where the trial judge committed a Mello error during voir dire, by instructing prospective jurors to hide invidious bias, an order granting probation in a fraud case is reversed, even where there is a lack of objection in the trial court.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/25/2003
• Published 02/25/2003

Judges

• MORRISON, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Eric S. Multhaup, Mill Valley, and Christopher H. Wing for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Senior Assistant Attorney General, John G. McLean and R. Todd Marshall, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.