stating that a single improper question asked by the prosecutor was not prejudicial because it was not part of “a pattern of conduct”
How later courts described this case
- stating that a single improper question asked by the prosecutor was not prejudicial because it was not part of “a pattern of conduct”
Written by the judges who cited it.
Later courts went against this
Disapproved on other grounds by People v. Doolin, 45 Cal. 4th 390 (2009)
30 Cal.4th 916, 963 , disapproved on another ground in People v. Doolin (2009) 45 Cal.4th 390, 421, fn. 22
The opinion
KENNARD, J., Dissenting.
Because I would grant defendant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus in the companion case of In re Cox (2003) 30 Cal.4th 974 [ 135 Cal.Rptr.2d 315 , 70 P.3d 313 ], I would dismiss this automatic appeal as moot.