Criminal,
California Supreme Court
Nov. 8, 2019
State high court hears appeal of recalcitrant witness’ murder accessory conviction
The first recalcitrant witness convicted in California as an accessory to murder is guilty because her refusal to testify in a gang murder case, despite a grant of immunity, counts as an “affirmative act,” a state prosecutor argued to the California Supreme Court.
The first recalcitrant witness convicted in California as an accessory to murder is guilty because her refusal to testify in a gang murder case, despite a grant of immunity, counts as an "affirmative act," a state prosecutor argued to the California Supreme Court.
The recalcitrant witness, Starletta Partee, acted with the intent of helping the alleged perpetrators in the murder case avoid prosecution, Deputy Attorney General Colleen ...
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