P. v. Prince CA3
Defendant David Swank Prince threw a rock at Thomas S., striking him in the head. A jury found defendant guilty of assault with a deadly weapon.
On appeal, defendant asserts the trial court committed prejudicial evidentiary error in precluding him from presenting a responding deputy’s body camera footage or, alternatively, a defense investigator’s testimony describing that footage. Defendant also asserts the court abused its discretion in preventing him from recalling Thomas to examine him about that footage. Under a separate heading, defendant asserts the same evidentiary rulings violated his constitutional right to present a defense.
We conclude that any error in precluding the subject evidence was harmless. We further conclude the trial court’s evidentiary rulings did not violate defendant’s constitutional right to present a defense.
We affirm.
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