P. v. Brown CA1/3
Defendant Brian Brown was sentenced to serve 50 years to life in state prison after being convicted of first degree murder and related charges by a jury. On appeal and in a related habeas corpus petition, defendant contends his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective as a result of failing to investigate an alibi defense. He also argues that his counsel’s argument to the jury was prejudicially incompetent in suggesting he could be convicted by less than proof beyond a reasonable doubt, that the prosecutor violated a promise and the court’s order by introducing testimony bearing upon whether defendant had been searching for the victim, that the court failed to strike testimony suggesting that defendant had committed murders on prior occasions, and that cumulative error necessitates reversal of the jury’s verdict.
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