People v. Rivera

Opinion

DONDERO, J.

Defendant was convicted following a jury trial of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187), grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. (a)), first degree residential burglary (Pen. Code, § 459), and arson of an inhabited structure (Pen. Code, § 451, subd. (b)). In this appeal he claims that the trial court erred by admitting evidence of a reenactment of the homicide. We conclude that harmless error was committed, and affirm the judgment.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Defendant did not dispute that he killed the victim, Ted Neff, by strangling him in his three-level townhouse on Bustos Place in…