California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Damian, G052642 (Cal. App. 2017):
Medina (1995) 11 Cal.4th 694, 759); and a "'heavy, heavy smokescreen . . . has been laid down [by the defense] to hide the truth from you'" (People v. Marquez (1992) 1 Cal.4th 553, 575).
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