People v. Carrillo

Opinion

RUBIN, J.

— Frank Soto Carrillo appeals from the judgment entered after a jury convicted him of first degree murder. We reject his claim that his constitutional rights were violated because the prosecution would not ask federal immigration officials to issue special visas for two exculpatory witnesses who lived in Mexico. We also reject his three claims of instructional error and affirm the judgment. In a companion petition for habeas corpus, Carrillo contends that his trial counsel had a prejudicial conflict of interest because he was also representing the son of a key prosecution…