The fact that defendant was apprehended while incarcerated on another matter was an integral part of both the prosecution and defense cases. When a detective inadvertently violated a ruling in limine on the subject, the court gave prompt curative instructions.
The prosecutor violated the Sandoval ruling, but the prior crime elicited, robbery, did not go farther in suggesting a propensity to commit the homicide charged in this case than did the properly elicited...
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