California Court of Appeal

Affirmed. Defendant was convicted of sodomy of an unconscious victim. One of the trial exhibits was a video of an interview with a witness. What the witness said on the video was hard to understand at times, so a transcript was prepared. The trial court did not provide the jury with the video transcript. Defendant argued that to not provide the transcript was an error, because the transcript seemed to indicate victim was conscious and consented. The trial court said the video was evidence and not the transcript. The appellate court agreed.

Appellate Information

• Published 2019/06/28

Judges

• Raphael

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel