Legal Opinion

People v. Cook

California Court of Appeal

Decided September 20, 2001No. C030492PublishedCited by 22 opinions

[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BLEASE, Acting P. J.

Defendants Matthew Loren Cook, Anthony Solo-man Lozo, and Darrion Troy Gains appeal from their judgments of conviction finding them guilty of conspiracy to commit assault with a firearm, first degree murder, premeditated and deliberate attempted murder, and first degree burglary arising from the killing of Jimmie Fonseca and the wounding of Carl Kato.

They raise claims of Batson/Wheeler 1 error, insufficiency of the evidence, evidentiary error, prosecutorial and juror misconduct, sentencing error and instructional error.

Relying on People v. Fenenbock (1996) 46…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. People v. WheelerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
  3. People v. SedenoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
  4. People v. BeemanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984
  5. People v. JenkinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 2000

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003
  2. People v. BraggCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2008
  3. People v. AndersonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006
  4. People v. ParksCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2004
  5. People v. Stevenson, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018

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