P. v. Williams
A jury convicted Cassandra Williams (appellant) of assault with a deadly weapon in violation of Penal Code section 245, subdivision (a)(1).[1] The jury found that appellant personally caused great bodily injury within the meaning of section 12022.7, subdivision (a). The trial court sentenced appellant to the midterm of three years in prison and struck the punishment, but not the true finding, on the great bodily injury allegation.
Appellant appeals on the grounds that: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support her conviction; (2) the trial court erred in failing to instruct on the lesser included offense of simple assault; (3) the trial court erred in denying appellant's new trial motion based on juror misconduct; and (4) prosecutorial misconduct violated appellant's federal constitutional rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. Court affirm.
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