California Supreme Court
Dec. 6, 2014
Supreme Court reverses conviction due to prosecutorial misconduct
The state's highest court unanimously reversed a prisoner's conviction after finding a San Bernardino County prosecutor used an unrelated diagram to illustrate the concept of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously reversed a prisoner's conviction after finding that a San Bernardino County prosecutor in the case could have confused jurors by using an unrelated diagram and analogy to illustrate the concept of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
A jury convicted Jonis Centeno on two counts of committing lewd acts on a child under the age of 14 and one count ...
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