California v. Garcia
Annotate this CaseDefendant-appellant Richard Garcia was convicted by jury of first degree residential burglary. Defendant admitted having one prior strike/prior serious felony conviction and one prison prior, and he was sentenced to 14 years in prison, including a five-year consecutive term based on his prior serious felony conviction. In this appeal, defendant claimed the trial court abused its discretion and deprived him of his due process right to present a defense by excluding the expert testimony of Dr. Robert Shomer concerning the reliability of eyewitness identifications. The Court of Appeal found no merits to these claims, but remanded the matter for resentencing pursuant to Senate Bill No. 1393 (2017-2018 Reg. Sess.) (S.B. 1393), which amended Penal Code sections 667(a) and 1385 (b), effective January 1, 2019, to give courts discretion to dismiss or strike a prior serious felony conviction for sentencing purposes. In all other respects, the Court affirmed the judgment.
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