People v. Hatfield

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, after a jury trial, of two counts of murder in the second degree and sentencing him to consecutive terms of 25 years to life. Defendant presented seven character witnesses who testified that defendant had a general reputation in the community for being a peaceable man. He contends that he was deprived of a fair trial because the prosecutor, on cross-examination, asked 6 of the 7 witnesses if their "opinion” as to defendant’s peaceableness would be affected by the knowledge that he had shot two dogs…