California Court of Appeal

Convictions for possession of methamphetamine for sale, transportation of methamphetamine, and evading a police officer are affirmed over claims of error that: 1) the trial court abused its discretion in excluding cross-examination of police officer about his testimony in another case; and 2) the jury instructions referring to "the People" violated due process.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/11/2009
• Published 02/11/2009

Judges

• RICHMAN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edmund G. Brown Jr. Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Martin S. Kaye, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Christopher W. Grove, Deputy Attorney General.


• For Appellees:
  
• R. Stevens Condie, under appointment by the First District Appellate Project, for Defendant and Appellant Misael Jimenez-Gutierrez., David M. Thompson, Corte Madera, under appointment by the First District Appellate Project for Defendant and Appellant Heliodoro Romero-Arellano.