P. v. Floyd
Defendant was tried by a jury and convicted of second degree robbery, attempted murder, and assault with a firearm. The jury found true the special allegations that defendant personally and intentionally discharged a firearm causing great bodily injury, personally inflicted great bodily injury, and personally used a firearm. The court sentenced him to an aggregate prison term of eight years plus 50 years to life.
On appeal, defendant contends (1) the trial courts refusal to allow him to assert the defense of perfect or imperfect self-defense, and to instruct the jury as to those defenses, violated his constitutional rights to due process and a fair trial, and (2) the sentence imposed constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the federal and state Constitutions. Court affirm the judgment.
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