P. v. Hewitt CA3
A jury found defendant Lori Marie Hewitt guilty of domestic violence with use of a weapon (count one) and simple assault (count two). (Pen. Code, §§ 240, 273.5, subd. (a), 12022, subd. (b)(1).) The trial court granted her probation, and she timely filed this appeal.
This appeal centers on the introduction of evidence of defendant’s prior violent acts, introduced after she claimed self-defense. That evidence was used both to counter evidence that the victim was violent and that defendant was merely acting in self defense, and also to show defendant had made prior false allegations of domestic abuse. Defendant contends that this evidence was inadmissible, her trial counsel was ineffective regarding this evidence, and the trial court should have given the jury a limiting instruction regarding this evidence. We disagree with defendant’s claims of error and shall affirm the judgment.
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