P. v. Marquez
Appellant was convicted of the first degree murder of his pregnant girlfriend, Noelle Chagolla. He contends: (1) The trial court should not have permitted the prosecutor to re-create before the jury the position of Chagollas body when a sheriffs deputy first found it. (2) His Sixth Amendment right to confrontation was violated, under Crawford v. Washington (2004) 541 U.S. 36 (Crawford), because a deputy county coroner testified, without objection, both as to the results of the autopsy he conducted and as to the findings that were made by a sexual assault consultant from his office. (3) There were numerous errors in the CALCRIM instructions that were given.
Court find that, assuming there was any error in the re creation of the bodys position, there was no prejudice, due to the overwhelming evidence of guilt. Court reject appellants other issues, and affirm.
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