Opinion ID: 739728
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Detective Oviedo's Testimony

Text: 61 Villafuerte argues that Detective Oviedo's testimony was inflammatory. Detective Oviedo testified about the condition of Schoville's body when he observed it in the trailer and about his observations during the autopsy. He was present during the autopsy and identified some of the bindings removed from Schoville's body. Any overlap between his testimony and that of Doctor Jarvis, who performed the autopsy, was incidental, not inflammatory, and not prejudicial. Villafuerte has not demonstrated that the admission of this testimony so fatally infected the proceedings as to render them fundamentally unfair. Jammal v. Van de Kamp, 926 F.2d 918, 919 (9th Cir.1991).