P. v. Delacruz
Defendant Eddie Delacruz (defendant) appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, of one count of kidnapping for carjacking (Pen. Code, 209.5, subd. (a));[1] one count of second degree robbery ( 211); one count of evading an officer (Veh. Code, 2800.2); and one count of misdemeanor hit and run driving (Veh. Code, 20002, subd. (a).) Defendant contends his conviction must be reversed because the trial court committed prejudicial error by denying a Pitchess[2] motion for discovery of personnel records of the officers involved in defendants arrest, by excluding evidence concerning the victims prior misdemeanor conviction for soliciting prostitution, and by denying defendants motion for a mistrial predicated on an unsolicited statement by the victim after his testimony had concluded. Court affirm the judgment.
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