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P. v. Amaya
A jury convicted Jose Amaya of first degree murder and dissuading a witness by force or threat and found true several special criminal street gang and firearm-use enhancement allegations. On appeal Amaya contends the trial court erred in excluding evidence directed to impeaching the credibility of the prosecutions chief witness and evidence tending to prove a third partys culpability for the murder. He also asserts the court erred by overruling his objection to the Peoples purported use of racially-motivated peremptory challenges and failing during the sentencing proceeding to strike multiple firearm-use enhancements. Court affirm.

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