Is there any case law where a witness described defendant as having cold dead eyes?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from The People v. Brady, No. YA020910, S078404 (Cal. 2010):

Citing Payne v. Tennessee, supra, 501 U.S. at page 830, footnote 2, defendant contends these victims did not simply testify about the impact of his crimes but improperly gave characterizations and opinions about him and his crimes. Not so. For example, although various victims described defendant as having "cold dead eyes, almost like a shark's," or as being "cold, empty" (that witness also testified, "when I looked into his eyes I saw death"), or as having an

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