PEOPLE v. HECKATHORNE

Docket No. G004613.

202 Cal.App.3d 458 (1988)

248 Cal. Rptr. 399

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SPENCER CASSANOVA HECKATHORNE, Defendant and Appellant.

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

June 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Stephen Gilbert, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Frederick R. Millar, Jr., Rudolf Corona, Jr., Yvonne H. Behart and Gilbert Gonzales, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

CROSBY, J.

A jury convicted Spencer Heckathorne of second degree murder with use of a firearm. The trial court prejudicially erred in permitting the prosecutor to cross-examine the defendant concerning details of a prior felony conviction for assault with a deadly weapon, and we must reverse accordingly.

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Heckathorne celebrated his birthday on October 15, 1985, by consuming cocaine and beer throughout the...

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