P. v. Powers
Following a jury trial and the denial of a motion for new trial, appellant Andrew Dale Powers was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for the following offenses: first degree murder; burglary; first degree robbery; plus, as to the murder count, the special circumstances of burglary, robbery, and torture, and as to counts 1 and 2, a criminal street gang enhancement. This appeal takes aim at the admission at trial of statements appellant made to interrogating police officers, charging that they were obtained without a valid waiver of his rights, and notwithstanding his invocation of his Fifth Amendment privilege. As well, he protests that the prosecutor committed misconduct by playing for the jury an unredacted taped conversation which had been redacted, and challenges the denial of his motion for new trial. Court affirm.
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