The People, Plaintiff and Respondent v. Robert Mark Edwards, Defendant and Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed the judgment of death after rejecting the defendant's challenges to jury selection, the venire, a denied mistrial, expert autopsy testimony, and admission of evidence concerning another murder. It held that the record did not support an inference of discriminatory jury selection, that any prejudice from the venire remarks was either absent or forfeited, and that the pathologist's testimony and other-crimes evidence were properly admitted. The court also concluded that any possible confrontation error concerning the pathologist's recounting of forensic opinions was harmless because the opinions were independently shared and undisputed.