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P. v. Dawson
After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of assaulting two police officers; attempting to murder one of them; and possessing methamphetamine for sale. He contends that the trial court erred in: (1) admitting expert testimony regarding gunshot sounds; (2) admitting evidence of appellants prior assault on a different police officer; (3) denying a motion for mistrial; (4) refusing to instruct on accident or misfortune; (5) failing to inquire adequately into alleged juror misconduct; (6) denying a pretrial motion for release of exhibits for testing; (7) permitting the prosecution to amend the information, after the discharge of the jury, regarding the details of prior conviction allegations being tried to the court; and (8) treating one of appellants prior convictions as a strike. court reject all of these contentions, and affirm.

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