P. v. Grant
A jury convicted defendant Charles Grant of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187)[1] and found true an allegation that he personally used a dangerous or deadly weapon in committing the crime (§ 12022, subd. (b)). Defendant admitted a prior serious felony conviction (§§ 667, subd. (a), 1192.7), and the trial court sentenced him to an aggregate term of 31 years to life.
On appeal, defendant contends that (1) the trial court improperly excluded lay opinion testimony; (2) the prosecutor committed misconduct; (3) there was insufficient evidence of burglary to support the felony murder charge; (4) the trial court improperly admitted evidence of defendant’s poverty; (5) the trial court improperly admitted evidence of uncharged crimes to show motive; (6) the trial court improperly excluded evidence of the victim’s boyfriend’s past cocaine addiction; and (7) the cumulative effect of these errors violated defendant’s due process rights. We affirm.
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