People v. Hunt CA6

I. INTRODUCTION

Defendants Adam Spencer Hunt and Kenneth Kirk Clamp were jointly tried for murder and other crimes against Elias Sorokin.1 Sorokin’s body had not been found by the time of trial.

1 Although defendants were jointly tried, they were charged by separate informations. This court ordered the appeals from the two cases considered together. Defendant Hunt was convicted of robbery of Sorokin (Pen. Code, § 211),2 and the trial court sentenced Hunt to five years in prison. Defendant Clamp was convicted of first degree felony murder and robbery of Sorokin. (§§ 189, 211.) The jury further found true allegations that Clamp had two prior serious felony convictions that also qualified as strikes. (§§ 667, subds. (a), (b)-(i).) The court sentenced Clamp to the indeterminate term of 75 years to life consecutive to the determinate term of 10 years. The court granted Clamp 872 days presentence custody credit. On appeal in case No. H037380, defendant Hunt contends that: (1) there is insufficient evidence to support his conviction for robbery; (2) the trial court erred by admitting evidence of his financial circumstances; and (3) the court erred by admitting into evidence hearsay…