After some courtroom debate and legal filings by attorneys in a death-penalty case, a Solano Superior Court judge has decided to proceed with a single trial for multiple murder charges brought agai…
After some courtroom debate and legal filings by attorneys in a death-penalty case, a Solano Superior Court judge has decided to proceed with a single trial for multiple murder charges brought against a 26-year-old Vallejo man charged with three killings, two in late 2014 and one in early 2015.
During proceedings on Tuesday, Cortez, shackled and seated at the defense table, listened with no outward emotion as early-morning session got underway. So he earlier filed a Pitchess motion requiring the prosecutor, in accord with the Brady v. Maryland case, a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case, to turn over all evidence that might exonerate his client.
Kensok told Kam that there was no similarity between the cases, adding, “This case is not going to rise and fall” on implied malice, or killings that occurred while a person was committing a felony, such as robbery.A jury cannot reasonably decide the first case without contemplating the other two cases during deliberations, Kensok added.
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