P.v . Quevedo

P.v . Quevedo

Filed 2/21/07  P.v . Quevedo CA5

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

            APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kern County.  Stephen J. Gildner, Judge.

            Sharon G. Wrubel, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

            Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, Charles A. French and Jeffrey D. Firestone, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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INTRODUCTION

            Erineo Quevedo, Jr., appeals his conviction for first degree murder.  Quevedo contends that there was insufficient evidence to establish premeditation and deliberation.  He also contends that the trial court erred in permitting a police detective to testify that the person who slit the throat of the murdered victim (i.e., Quevedo) had the mental state of trying to â€