P. v. Waldron CA5
Brian Keith Waldron (defendant) stands convicted, following a jury trial, of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a); count 1) and mutilation of human remains (Health & Saf. Code, § 7052, subd. (a); count 2). His motions for a new trial and to reduce count 1 to a lesser offense were denied, and he was sentenced to three years plus 25 years to life in prison. On appeal, we hold: (1) The trial court did not err by excluding evidence that defendant claims would have corroborated his account of his state of mind and bolstered his credibility; (2) Any error in excluding evidence that would have corrected misleading implications created by the prosecution’s abridged version of certain evidence was harmless; (3) The trial court did not err by excluding evidence of certain of the victim’s prior specific acts; (4) Defendant was not entitled to the victim’s contemporaneous mental health records; (5) Admission of evidence of a specific prior act of defendant is not cause for r
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