P. v.Diaz
Defendant Charles Anthony Chuck Diaz was convicted by a jury of the murder of Dallas Grondalski (Pen. Code, 187, 189) with the use of a knife (Pen. Code, 12022, subd. (b)); and he and defendants Sammie Lester, Robert L. Huffman, and Mary Ann Hodgson, were convicted by the jury of conspiracy to obstruct justice (Pen. Code, 182, subd. (a)(5)) in connection with Dallass murder, and the murders of her father, Billy Grondalski, her mother, Patti Grondalski, and her stepbrother, Jeremy Vandagriff. On defendants appeals from the conspiracy convictions, Court hold that those convictions must be reversed for lack of substantial evidence of an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy within the period of the statute of limitations. On Diazs appeal from the murder conviction, Court find one evidentiary error that was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, and conclude that his other arguments lack merit, as Court discuss below. The murder conviction is therefore affirmed.
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