People v. Murillo
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed a judgment following his conviction of murder, attempted murder, and possession of a firearm by a felon. The court concluded that defendant should have been granted a mistrial where the trial court denied his right to confront witnesses and irreparably damaged his right to a fair trial when it allowed the prosecutor to ask a witness unlimited leading questions about his out-of-court statements. The witness's out-of-court statements constituted the only eyewitness identification of defendant and were a crucial link in the proof, and defendant's inability to confront the witness's statements rendered his trial fundamentally unfair. Further, the court noted that the trial court erred when it imposed a 10-year gang enhancement. Accordingly, the court reversed.
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