P. v. Copeland
Filed 8/24/06 P. v. Copeland CA2/1
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION ONE
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. OTIS ALI COPELAND, Defendant and Appellant. | B183009 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA239525) |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Norman J. Shapiro, Judge. Affirmed with directions.
Richard J. Miggins, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jamie L. Fuster, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Viet H. Nguyen, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Otis Copeland appeals from the judgment entered following a jury trial in which he was convicted of premeditated murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187/189), with further findings that he personally and intentionally discharged a handgun during the commission of the offense (id., § 12022.53, subd. (d)) and committed the offense for the benefit of a street gang (id., § 186.22, subd. (b)(1)). (Further section references are to the Penal Code.) Defendant contends that the evidence was insufficient to support both the conviction and the gang finding and that his constitutional rights were violated by the failure to timely provide a â€
