Gallegos v. People

Dave and Toby Gallegos are brothers. They were convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life. By their writ of error they claim that the lower court committed reversible error in eight particulars, namely:

1. In admitting Exhibit “O,” a police report, in evidence;

2. In admitting the testimony of an officer relaying a description given him by a witness;

3. Procedurally and substantively, by the manner in which it dealt with the refusal of a witness to testify on constitutional grounds of self-incrimination;

4. In allowing the prosecution to ask leading questions of its…