California Court of Appeal

Conviction for forcible rape and other crimes is affirmed where: 1) trial court did not err in admitting evidence obtained at a conditional examination of defendant's late wife as the court was exercising its inherent discretion in allowing the examination to proceed, and defendant was found to be competent at the time of the examination; and 2) the court properly allowed the impeachment of defendant based on his prior misdemeanor convictions involving moral turpitude, as defendant did not raise a timely hearsay objection when the prosecutor improperly asked about his misdemeanor convictions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/20/2009
• Published 05/20/2009

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Raquel Gonzalez and Marilyn L. George, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent., Marcia R. Clark, Los Angeles, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.