Opinion ID: 2625337
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Testimony about bloody blanket

Text: Kathy Harper, who lived in a house trailer with defendant between October and December 1982, testified that she once entered the trailer when defendant and Elander were there. They abruptly stopped talking, but not before she heard one of them, although she could not recall which one, mention a bloody blue blanket and say I got sick. At an in camera hearing, defense counsel stated we have no problem with Harper's testimony about the conversation. Defendant now contends the testimony concerning the blanket was irrelevant and unduly prejudicial. By not objecting, defendant failed to preserve the issue for appeal. ( People v. Medina, supra, 11 Cal.4th at p. 740, 47 Cal.Rptr.2d 165, 906 P.2d 2.) In any event, the admission of the testimony was harmless. Elander testified that defendant said he covered Nancy's body with a blanket after he shot her. Harper's testimony was brief and added very little to the evidence against defendant.