Court Opinion

ID: 9737280
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 19:20:39.539862+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:23:57.805409
License: Public Domain

FILES, P. J.
I concur in all except the reversal of Falcon’s conviction.
I cannot see how Barrett’s mention of “his partner” could incriminate Falcon. All of the evidence showed that these rob*148beries were committed by two men working together. His saying so incriminated no one. Barrett’s confession gave no hint as to who the partner was.
People v. Lara, 67 Cal.2d 365 [62 Cal.Rptr. 586, 432 P.2d 202], presented the opposite situation. Meza had testified that Lara and Alvarez had been in the car when Mitchell drove him home. Lara’s confession included the statement that “this other person” who had been in the car when they took Meza home had shot Mitchell. In that context the words “this other person ’ ’ necessarily meant Alvarez.
Nothing comparable to that is involved in our case. Falcon’s conviction should also be affirmed.