People v. Garcia

*561I. INTRODUCTION

Following a jury trial, defendant and appellant, Richard Garcia, was convicted of first degree residential burglary. ( Pen. Code, § 459.)1 Defendant admitted having one prior strike/prior serious felony conviction and one prison prior, and he was sentenced to 14 years in prison, including a five-year consecutive term based on his prior serious felony conviction. (§ 667, subd. (a)

*965(hereafter § 667(a) ).)2 In this appeal, defendant claims the court abused its discretion and deprived him of his due process right to present a defense by excluding the expert testimony of Dr. Robert…