P. v. Griffin
Two dead bodies were found in a parking lot off University Avenue in Riverside, in an area that is notorious for drug sales. The victims had been shot in the head, execution style. Three witnesses linked defendant Raymond Griffin to the slayings. One of them Robert Pruitt had agreed to testify in exchange for a reduced sentence in an unrelated case. This deal was unusual, in that it had been offered to Pruitt, not by the prosecutors office, but rather by the court that was due to sentence him. Defense counsel learned about Pruitts deal in the middle of trial but never used it to impeach Pruitt, apparently because he misunderstood the terms of the deal.
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