P. v. Meeks CA1/2
Defendant Walter Lee Meeks appeals from his convictions after jury trial for three sex offenses against five-year-old twin sisters, Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2, for which he was sentenced to 35 years to life in state prison.
Meeks contends numerous prejudicial errors occurred in the course of his trial. He contends that the trial court denied him his constitutional and statutory rights to be present for all critical proceedings unless he properly waived these rights; that regarding his count two conviction for committing a lewd and lascivious act upon Jane Doe 1, he was improperly convicted of a lesser included offense of another count; that regarding his count three conviction for committing a lewd and lascivious act upon Jane Doe 2, he was convicted of an uncharged crime, the court should have given further instruction regarding this count, and the court should have declared a hung jury; that the court erred in denying his motion for a trial continuance to try to obtain the testim
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