P. v. Williams
Filed 7/14/06 P. v. Williams CA5
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES WALTER WILLIAMS, Defendant and Appellant. |
F048305
(Super. Ct. No. F04906758-8)
OPINION |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County. Wayne R. Ellison, Judge.
Sylvia Whatley Beckham, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, Louis M. Vasquez and Leslie W. Westmoreland, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Following a jury trial, James Walter Williams (appellant) was convicted of second degree robbery (Pen. Code, § 211) and possession of cocaine base (Health & Saf. Code, § 11350, subd. (a)). The trial court sentenced appellant to the aggravated term of five years for the robbery conviction and a concurrent two-year term for the possession conviction.
On appeal, appellant contends the trial court erred in allowing the prosecutor to cross-examine him beyond the scope of his direct examination and on irrelevant â€
