People v. Foalima
California Court of Appeal
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1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NICHOLSON, Acting P. J.
Defendant Daniel Fiamatai Foalima appeals from his conviction of first degree murder. He contends the trial court erred by (1) refusing to strike a possible accomplice’s testimony after the accomplice testified he did not know the answer to most of the questions asked him; (2) instructing the jury on accomplice testimony; (3) admitting evidence of media coverage of the murder to impeach a witness’s testimony that was recorded in an earlier trial but admitted here; (4) ordering direct victim restitution allegedly for a crime of which defendant was acquitted and…
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