California Court of Appeal

Defendant's conviction for corporal injury to a spouse is reversed where the trial court erred in excluding victim's statements at a preliminary hearing, which was prejudicial because it resulted in the jury hearing only half of the critical evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/16/2004
• Published 09/16/2004

Judges

• PERREN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Robin L. Unander, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Marc J. Nolan, Jaime L. Fuster, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General, Tita Van Nguyen, Joseph P. Lee, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.