Legal Opinion
In re Melvin Hiram Thomas II On Habeas Corpus
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided December 27, 2018No. E069454PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSlough, J.
*748A jury convicted Melvin Hiram Thomas II in 2003 for receiving a stolen vehicle ( Pen. Code, § 496d, subd. (a), unlabeled statutory citations refer to this code) and active participation in a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (a) ).1 To support the gang conviction, the People offered a gang expert whose testimony included testimonial, out-of-court statements about the specific facts of Thomas's case.
On direct appeal, Thomas challenged the admissibility of the gang expert's testimony as testimonial hearsay which violated his Sixth Amendment confrontation rights under Crawford v. Washington…
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