P. v. Lucas
In the early morning hours of August 6, 2003, someone shot Kenneth Tannahill and Leah May Warren in their home, killing Tannahill. Viewed in the light most favorable to the judgment, the evidence here showed that defendant Daniel Justin Lucas was the culprit.
A jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder and attempted murder and found various sentencing enhancement allegations to be true. The trial court sentenced him to an aggregate prison term of nine years consecutive to an indeterminate term of 75 years to life.
On appeal, defendant contends the trial court erred in denying a motion for a continuance and in excluding evidence that someone else was responsible for the crimes, and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel when his attorney elicited some of his testimony in a narrative fashion. Finding no trial court error and no ineffective assistance of counsel, Court affirm the judgment.
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