P. v. Serrato
Appellant Michael Angel Serrato appeals from the judgment entered following his conviction of kidnapping to commit oral copulation or rape (Pen. Code,[1] § 209, subd. (b)(1)), making criminal threats (§ 422), forcible oral copulation (§ 288a, subd. (c)(2)), forcible rape (§ 261, subd. (a)(2)), dissuading a witness from reporting a crime (§ 136.1, subd. (b)(1)), and false imprisonment by violence (§ 236). Serrato’s sole contention on appeal is that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to object to evidence of a knife recovered from his vehicle following his arrest, which the victim testified was not the weapon used in the commission of the crimes. Because there is no reasonable probability that Serrato would have achieved a more favorable result had his trial counsel objected to the admission of such evidence, we affirm.
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