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PEOPLE v. PEREZ

Nos. D056301, D056442.

195 Cal.App.4th 801 (2011)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL EUGENE PEREZ, Defendant and Appellant. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. KEITH MAURICE HILL, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

May 19, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Kessler , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Michael Eugene Perez.

Gregory Marshall , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Keith Maurice Hill.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons , Assistant Attorney General, Barry Carlton and Teresa Torreblanca , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BENKE, J.—

In this case, in proving the occurrence of prior convictions the prosecution relied upon certified copies of the appellants' "prison packets." We reject the appellants' contention admission of the packets violated the confrontation clause of the Sixth Amendment. The documents in the prison packets were prepared for nontestimonial purposes and as such were admissible hearsay. Moreover, the certificates by which the prison...

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