People v. Estrada

Opinion

TAYLOR, P. J.

Defendant, Robert Reginald Estrada, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on a juiy verdict finding him guilty of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187) while armed with a deadly weapon (former Pen. Code, §§ 3024, subd. (f); 12022), namely, a dagger with a blade longer than five inches. He contends that: 1) the trial court improperly denied his motion to quash the indictment as he had shown that constitutionally cognizable groups were the object of deliberate discrimination in the selection of the grand juiy panel, and further erred by preventing him from obtaining…