P. v. Strawn CA3
A jury found defendant James Edward Strawn guilty of inflicting corporal injury upon a cohabitant (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a)), torture (§ 206), and possession of a firearm by a felon (§ 29800, subd. (a)). The jury also found true the allegation that he personally inflicted great bodily injury during the commission of the corporal injury offense. (§ 12022.7, subd. (e).) The trial court sentenced defendant to an indeterminate term of life in prison on the torture offense, plus a consecutive determinate term of eight months on the firearm offense. The trial court sentenced defendant to a term of eight years on the corporal injury offense and stayed sentence under section 654.
On appeal, defendant contends his torture conviction must be reversed because the conviction is not supported by substantial evidence. Defendant further contends the trial court committed reversible error in admitting evidence of prior acts of domestic violence under Evidence Code sections 1109 and 35
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