PEOPLE v. MARTINEZ

No. B289639.

34 Cal.App.5th 721 (2019)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JESUS EFRAIN MARTINEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

April 24, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vanessa Place , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters , Assistant Attorney General, Shawn McGahey Webb and Blythe J. Leszkay , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

(1) Sometimes a witness wears two hats: that of a witness, and that of an accomplice. California law permits placing the burden to prove such a witness's accomplice status on a defendant. (People v. Tewksbury (1976) 15 Cal.3d 953, 963-968 [

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