California Court of Appeal

Conviction and sentence for felony murder and attempted second-degree robbery are affirmed over claims that: 1) defendant was denied the constitutional right of confrontation as a result of the admission into evidence of an accomplice-s out-ofcourt statements; and 2) the trial court abused its discretion in admitting expert testimony concerning gangs.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/19/2007
• Published 06/19/2007

Judges

• RUBIN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Janyce Keiko Imata Blair, El Segundo, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., Joseph P. Lee, and Michael C. Keller, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.