People v. Alvarez

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant, Pedro Alvarez, appeals his conviction for second degree assault. We affirm.

Alvarez seeks reversal here on three grounds, namely: (1) the use by a juror of a dictionary to determine the meaning of the terms, “vague,” “imaginary,” “doubt” and “reasonable,” was misconduct requiring reversal and retrial, (2) eyewitness Irma Gonzales’ police station “show-up” identification of the defendant violated the defendant’s rights to due process of law, and (3) the in-court identifications by witnesses Irma Gonzales and Juanita Lopez violated defendant’s right to due process of law.

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