California Court of Appeal

Defendant's murder conviction is affirmed over his challenge that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses when the trial court admitted hearsay evidence of statements by the murder victim regarding a prior act of domestic violence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/25/2004
• Published 10/26/2004

Judges

• COFFEE, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Marilyn G. Burkhardt, 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, Lawrence M. Daniels, Russell A. Lehman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.