State v. Juan A. G.-P.

Summary

The court reversed the defendant’s convictions and remanded for a new trial because the trial court improperly withheld exculpatory and impeachment material from the victims’ psychiatric records, and the error was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. The court also held that barring cross-examination about the witnesses’ U visa applications violated the confrontation right and directed trial courts to avoid a potentially misleading inference instruction concerning innocence and guilt. It further strongly recommended separate-count instructions in cases involving multiple charges or victims.