People v. Edwards

Opinion

MIHARA, J.

—Defendant Charles Anthony Edwards appeals from a judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)) 1 and found that he personally used a deadly weapon (§ 12022, subd. (b)(1)). 2 The jury also found that defendant was sane at the time of the murder. On appeal, defendant challenges the sanity finding. We hold that the trial court did not err when it allowed the prosecutor to impeach expert witnesses during the sanity phase with defendant’s suppressed statements. The judgment is affirmed.

I. Statement of Facts

A. Guilt Phase 3

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