P. v. White
A jury found Maurice White guilty of crimes arising from his stabbing his former girlfriend in the neck. He was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, corporal injury to cohabitant resulting in traumatic condition, and false imprisonment by means of threat or violence. (Pen. Code, 245, subd. (a)(1), 273.5, subd. (a), 236.) On the assault and injury to cohabitant counts, the jury found White personally inflicted great bodily injury and personally used a deadly weapon. On the injury to cohabitant count, White admitted he had suffered a prior misdemeanor conviction for corporal injury to a cohabitant resulting in a traumatic injury. The court imposed a seven year prison term.
On appeal, White contends he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his counsel did not object to statements made by the prosecutor during closing arguments. White also brought a habeas petition asserting the same contention. Court reject this contention, affirm the judgment, and deny the petition.
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