P. v. Perez
Christian Perez (Perez) appeals from a judgment of conviction and sentence imposed after a jury found him guilty of murder, torture, and other crimes upon two young children. Perez contends: (1) the charges that he assaulted one young child in his care should not have been joined with charges that he scalded to death another young child in his care; (2) the prosecutor committed misconduct by mentioning Perez’s refusal to give a follow-up statement to police, misrepresenting evidence, and comparing abortion to murder or child abuse; and (3) his attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to move for severance of the charges, failing to recall a witness to testify, and failing to object to the prosecutor’s closing argument.
We will affirm the judgment.
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