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California Appeals: Making the Right Objections in Court

By Walin & Klarich

What Happens If My Criminal Defense Attorney Does Not Make the Right Objections During Trial? In a criminal trial, the district attorney may introduce evidence against a defendant that the jury should not consider. If the defendant is not represented by a skilled criminal defense attorney in California, the prosecution may be successful in introducing this evidence. If this happens, there is not much the defendant can do about it, even on appeal. In People v. Crabtree the prosecutor was successful in introducing several different types of evidence that should have been deemed inadmissible. This evidence included hearsay statements and documents which eventually led to the defendant being convicted. On appeal, the defendant attempted to argue that his conviction should be overturned as a result of these errors...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on April 18, 2009 (boomark / email).