PEOPLE v. PADAYAO

Docket No. A057032.

24 Cal.App.4th 1610 (1994)

30 Cal. Rptr.2d 13

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BENJAMIN PADAYAO, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

May 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Fern M. Laethem, State Public Defender, and Michael J. Hersek, Deputy State Public Defender, under appointments by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald E. Niver and Catherine A. Rivlin, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


[Opinion certified for partial publication.]

OPINION

PETERSON, P.J.

Appellant Benjamin Padayao was convicted of the torture murder of a victim, and was sentenced to life without possibility of parole. He contends: (1) The trial court's rulings on the proper scope of cross-examination violated his constitutional rights to cross-examine four witnesses, and to present a defense to the charges...

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