PEOPLE v. KELLEY

No. A093862.

127 Cal.Rptr.2d 203 (2002)

103 Cal.App.4th 853

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Tshombe KELLEY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 2002.

Review Denied January 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan and Aileen Bunney, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Matthew Zwerling and J. Bradley O'Connell, under appointments by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

GEMELLO, J.

Tshombe Kelley appeals his conviction for first degree murder and sentence of 52 years to life, raising a variety of issues. Only one has merit: we agree that the prosecution should not have been permitted to cross-examine Kelley concerning prior unproven crimes. However, because any error in this regard was harmless in light of the considerable evidence against

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