P. v. Tsetse CA1/5
Appellant Prince F. Tsetse was tried before a jury and convicted of the first degree murder of Kimberly R. with a special circumstances finding that the murder was committed during the commission of a rape. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, sub. (a), 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(C).) He appeals from the judgment sentencing him to prison for life without the possibility of parole, arguing his trial attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel by (1) failing to object to inadmissible and prejudicial portions of a recorded telephone conversation he had with his wife while in jail awaiting trial, and (2) failing to object to aspects of the prosecutor’s questioning of an expert witness regarding third party DNA found on the victim’s hand. Appellant contends the effect of these omissions was cumulatively prejudicial, even if neither would require reversal in and of itself. He additionally argues the trial court misspoke when it orally awarded $500,000 in restitution to the Victim’s Compensation
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