PEOPLE v. COWAN Part-III
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>PEOPLE v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b >PEOPLE v. COWAN</b><br /> <h6> </h6><br /> <h6> </h6><br /> <h6> </h6><br /> <h6> </h6><br /> <h6> </h6><br /> <h6> </h6><br /> <h6> </h6><br /> <h6 align=center >Filed 8/5/10</h6><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >IN THE SUPREME<br /> COURT OF </b><b >CALIFORNIA</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>THE PEOPLE, )<br /> <br/> )<br /> <br/> Plaintiff<br /> and Respondent, )<br /> <br/> ) S055415<br /> <br/> v. )<br /> <br/> ) <br /> <br/>ROBERT WESLEY COWAN, )<br /> <br/> ) Kern<br /> County<br /> <br/> Defendant<br /> and Appellant. ) Super.<br /> Ct. No. 059675A<br /> <br/>__________________________________ )<u></u><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b >STORY CONTINUE <br /> FROM PART II….</b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/>Defendant argues in effect that the prosecutor caused Prospective Juror<br /> No. 041853's tears by questioning her aggressively and cutting off her<br /> responses. Although defendant's<br /> interpretation of the record is plausible, there is another equally plausible<br /> interpretation: Prospective Juror No.<br /> 041853's inability to finish her answers to the prosecutor's questions may well<br /> have been due to a preexisting state of great emotional conflict. We note in this regard that Prospective Juror<br /> No. 041853 indicated on her questionnaire that someone close to her had been<br /> murdered. Under these circumstances, we<br /> defer to the trial court's implied determination that the questioning was fair<br /> and did not cause the substantial impairment.<br /> <br/>Defendant argues that Prospective Juror No. 041853's voir dire responses suggested she could serve on the jury<br /> and impose the death penalty. But<br /> Prospective Juror No. 041853's â€