P. v. Cordero
Defendant Isaac Garza Cordero was convicted of attempted premeditated murder and street terrorism. He was sentenced to 32 years to life in prison. On appeal, defendant argues the trial court prejudicially erred by failing to instruct the jury on accomplice testimony. While we agree that the court erred by failing to give such an instruction, the error was harmless because there was sufficient evidence to corroborate the testimony of the alleged accomplice.
Defendant also argues his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the admission of testimony regarding defendant’s prior arrests. Having reviewed the record, we conclude that, in one instance, counsel did object to the testimony. In two other instances, assuming for purposes of this appeal that counsel should have objected to the testimony, there was no prejudice to defendant. Therefore, he did not receive ineffective assistance of counsel.
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