People v. Dunigan CA3

Filed 5/17/23 P. v. Dunigan CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(San Joaquin) ----

THE PEOPLE, C095247

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. STK-CR-

FECOD-2017-14755)

v.

TYRIENTA JERMAINE DUNIGAN,

Defendant and Appellant.

Defendant Tyrienta Jermaine Dunigan was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm by a felon and sentenced to 4 years plus 25 years to life. He appeals his conviction on two grounds.1 First, he challenges the requirement that everyone in the courtroom had to wear face masks in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, arguing it deprived him of his constitutional right to confront the witnesses

1 He does not challenge his sentence, and we thus do…