P. v. Faulkner
A jury convicted defendant Kevin Carl Faulkner of 31 of the 34 counts alleged against him. Defendant raped, sodomized, orally copulated, and committed lewd and lascivious acts upon a series of girls who were the daughters or granddaughters of women defendant successively dated and/or married. The court sentenced defendant to 316 years and eight months to life in prison.
Defendant raises four issues on appeal: (1) whether the court violated his due process rights by suspending the trial for 37 calendar days (19 court days) to meet the needs of several jurors and avoid a mistrial; (2) whether the court prejudicially erred by failing to instruct the jury on the applicable statute of limitations for counts 1 through 22; (3) whether defendants right to conflict-free counsel was violated by a pending criminal investigation of the defense investigator; and (4) whether the court erred when it denied defendants motion for a continuance to substitute retained counsel prior to sentencing. Court reverse defendants conviction on count 9,but otherwise affirm
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