P. v. Edwards CA1/2
Codefendants Ezell Edwards and Anthony Hoskins appeal from a judgment entered after a jury trial convicting them of the second degree murder of Brondon McDaniel and other charges and enhancements, for which they were sentenced to terms of 43 years to life and 60 years to life respectively. They assert Batson-Wheeler error, arguing the district attorney improperly struck the only two African-American prospective jurors because of the district attorney’s racial bias. Hoskins, whom Edwards purports to join, also argues the trial court prejudicially erred by improperly admitting certain accomplice and informant testimony, uncharged offenses evidence and statements by Collier and Edwards against him; that he, Hoskins, received ineffective assistance of counsel; and that the court should not have ordered him to pay for a probation report.
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