P. v. Brown CA2/8
In 2015, a jury found defendant and appellant Cameron Brown guilty of the first degree murder of his four-year-old daughter, Lauren Key. The jury found true the special circumstance allegations that the murder was intentional and carried out for financial gain, and that it was committed by means of lying in wait. Brown had been tried twice before. The two previous proceedings resulted in mistrials due to deadlocked juries.
On appeal, Brown contends the third trial was barred by the prohibition against double jeopardy. He further argues the judgment must be reversed because of erroneous trial court evidentiary rulings, prosecutorial misconduct, and ineffective assistance of counsel. We strike the parole revocation fine but otherwise find no reversible error and affirm the judgment.
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