People v. Razdan CA4/1

I. INTRODUCTION

Kellon Talib Razdan appeals his first degree murder conviction, claiming the jury received insufficient evidence of premeditation and deliberation. Razdan also argues the trial court erred in instructing the jury by inaccurately defining premeditation and allowing the jury to consider his flight as consciousness of guilt. Finally, Razdan challenges the admission of four categories of evidence: (1) items in his car, recently purchased or otherwise; (2) his internet search history; (3) body-worn camera footage of a witness’s statements; and (4) autopsy photographs. Finding no merit to any of these claims, we affirm the judgment.

II. BACKGROUND

Razdan and Aris Keshishian were childhood friends, but by the time they graduated high school in 2019 they had drifted apart. On August 15, 2021, at approximately 7:30 p.m., Razdan drove to the gated community where Keshishian lived, entering through the exit gate after another vehicle departed. About five hours earlier, Razdan was searching the internet to learn how to remove fingerprints. In the preceding weeks, Razdan also searched “ax,” “sledgehammer,” “death by sledgehammer,” and “city that doesn’t solve murders.”…