People v. Diggs
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SIMS, J.
In this case, we must reverse the judgment because both defendants were prejudiced by a bizarre, incompetent closing argument made to the jury by defendant Colbourn’s counsel. In an unpublished portion of the opinion, for the benefit of the trial court on retrial, we consider and reject certain other claims of error asserted by defendants.
Factual and Procedural Background
The People’s evidence was as follows:
At approximately 8 p.m. on February 16, 1982, the victims in this case, Kathy R. and Kristen B. wanted to visit a friend and began hitchhiking in Sacramento. They were…
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