Opinion ID: 2525107
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 13

Heading: Defendant's placement of the gun

Text: Defendant also challenges the prosecutor's remark, There was no reason for that gun to come back out and go to the head of Mr. Castro and for that gun to be fired, other than the fact that the defendant is a cold-blooded killer who didn't get what he wanted, when he wanted it, when he put a gun to the head of a man seated in a car that he wanted to take. Defendant failed to object and preserve this claim for appeal. ( People v. Hart (1999) 20 Cal.4th 546, 619, 85 Cal.Rptr.2d 132, 976 P.2d 683 (Hart ).) Defendant's claim also founders on its merits. The record supports the argument that (1) defendant placed a gun to Castro's head, and (2) he fired the gun. The prosecutor carefully argued nothing more than those facts. Finally, any possible misconduct was harmless. ( Stansbury, supra, 4 Cal.4th at p. 1057, 17 Cal.Rptr.2d 174, 846 P.2d 756.)