People v. Ibarra

Opinion

BENKE, Acting P. J.

Appellant in this case was the subject of a videotape recorded by a reality television show. The videotape was made as police successfully rescued appellant’s estranged girlfriend from him during the course of appellant’s attempt to strangle her at her place of employment. On appeal appellant argues his conviction of attempted first degree murder must be reversed because the trial court erred in permitting the prosecution to show the jury three minutes and fourteen seconds of the videotape in support of the prosecution’s contention that the girlfriend was severely…