P. v. Milton CA2/2
A jury convicted appellant Allan Jay Milton (defendant) of first degree murder for the death of Phillip Melendez and found defendant used a deadly and dangerous weapon (a knife). The trial court sentenced defendant to 26 years to life in prison. Defendant appealed his conviction.
Defendant does not dispute that he killed Melendez. Rather, on appeal, defendant argues that, due to alleged trial court error, the jury was precluded from considering defendant’s theories of self-defense and the jury heard irrelevant and prejudicial evidence of an unrelated prior incident, he was prejudiced by the cumulative effect of the trial court’s errors, and substantial evidence does not support his conviction for first degree murder. As explained below, we disagree with each of defendant’s arguments and affirm.
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