P. v. Ritchie CA2/1
Thomas Ritchie appeals the judgment entered following a jury trial in which he was convicted of one count of stalking (Pen. Code, § 646.9; count 4), two counts of criminal threats (§ 422, subd. (a); counts 8–9), and three misdemeanor counts of disobeying a court order (§ 166, subd. (a)(4); counts 5–7). The trial court imposed an aggregate sentence of two years eight months in state prison.
Appellant contends: (1) the convictions for stalking, criminal threats, and one count of disobeying a court order lack substantial evidentiary support; (2) the evidence established only one period of sustained fear sufficient to support one conviction for criminal threats; and (3) the trial court improperly instructed the jury that this case did not involve a life sentence, thereby advising the jury to discredit appellant’s testimony. We disagree and affirm the judgment.
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