Greenberger

People v. Greenberger

Bad Law

1997 Cal. App. LEXIS 795·58 Cal. App. 4th 298·68 Cal. Rptr. 2d 61·97 Daily Journal DAR 12554·97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7811

Court of Appeal of CaliforniaOctober 2, 1997B066399California16,961 words

Opinion

Weisberg, J.

In the published portion of this opinion we decide that a defendant’s declarations against interest may be received in a joint trial without denying the codefendant the right of confrontation guaranteed by the United States Constitution. We further conclude that the trial court properly denied motions of each defendant to sever. We also determine that the trial court properly instructed the jury on the charge of aggravated kidnapping and did not err in refusing to instruct on time-barred lesser offenses. In the unpublished portion of this opinion, with the exception of defendant Lowe’s contention that the trial court erred in imposing concurrent sentences, we conclude that the numerous other issues raised by the defendants lack merit. We therefore modify Lowe’s judgment by staying the sentence imposed for second degree murder until completion of the term imposed for aggravated kidnapping, at which time the stay is to become permanent, and affirm the judgment as modified. We affirm the judgments as to Greenberger, Mentzer and Marti.

I. Procedural History

The defendants Karen DeLayne Greenberger (Greenberger), William Molony Mentzer (Mentzer), Alex Lomota Marti (Marti)…

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Parties

The PEOPLE
Plaintiff
KAREN DeLAYNE GREENBERGER
Defendant

Judges

Weisberg

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