Kristin Smart’s killer appeals sentence, claims unfair trial

The man convicted of killing Stockton native Kristin Smart is appealing his sentence. His legal team is arguing that he did not have a fair trial due to errors during the proceedings.

Paul Flores was convicted of murdering his Cal Poly classmate, Smart, in 1996. Smart disappeared during her freshman year on campus and witnesses who testified during Flores’ 2022 murder trial in Monterey County said the last time they saw Smart alive was with Flores.

He has long held that he walked Smart back to her campus dorm on the night she disappeared and had no knowledge of what happened to her…

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