State v. McCullar

Opinion

VOROS, Judge:

T1 Robert L. McCullar was convicted of murdering Filiberto Robles Bedolla. McCul-lar told his girlfriend (by then a police informant) that he had slashed Bedolla's throat with a piece of broken glass. At trial, McCullar sought to raise a reasonable doubt of his own guilt by pointing the finger at Dawna Finch, Bedolla's girlfriend and "main prostitute." The jury convicted MeCullar without having heard much of the evidence implicating Finch. On appeal McCullar contends that he was unduly restricted in attempting to present his defense to the jury. We agree. We therefore…