PEOPLE v. KOCONTES

No. G059475.

86 Cal.App.5th 787 (2022)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LONNIE LOREN KOCONTES, Defendant and Appellant.

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

December 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracy A. Rogers , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rob Bonta , Attorney General, Lance E. Winters , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland , Assistant Attorney General, Melissa Mandel and Britton B. Lacy , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

A jury convicted Lonnie Loren Kocontes of murdering his ex-wife for financial gain off the coast of Italy. Kocontes concedes sufficient evidence supports his conviction.1 He challenges, however, numerous procedural and evidentiary rulings. Although the trial court erred by admitting...

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