P. v. Brown CA2/5
Defendant and appellant Steven Brown (defendant) admitted he fatally stabbed his children’s grandmother, Kellye Taylor. Indicted and tried for first degree murder with use of a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a) ; 12022, subd. (b)), he testified and presented evidence of self defense and mental illness. The jury convicted him. In a separate bench trial, the court found he had two prior serious felony convictions (§§ 667, subds. (a) & (d); 1170.12, subd. (b)). Defendant was sentenced to state prison for a term of 86 years to life.
On appeal, defendant contends reversal is required based on multiple Faretta, Marsden and instructional errors, the refusal to appoint advisory counsel, prosecutorial misconduct, the removal of one juror, and the failure to remove another. We affirm.
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