State Courts

Common Law: Witness to a murder, cross-examination

By Ron Sylvester

When police arrived to find Gonzolo Gomez dying on his front steps, Kathleen Buendia originally denied being outside the house during the shooting. She later changed her story, and that was enough for defense attorney Mark Sevart to call into question the 19-year-old’s testimony against his client, Maria Reyes.

Full post as published by What the Judge Ate for Breakfast on April 07, 2010 (boomark / email).