P. v. Rowland CA5
Appellant/defendant Rock Anthony Rowland was charged and convicted of animal cruelty (Pen. Code, § 597, subd. (a)), for putting his mother’s cat in a clothes dryer, resulting in the animal’s death. The jury also found that he personally used a dangerous and deadly weapon, i.e., the dryer, in the commission of the offense (§ 12022, subd. (b)(1)). He was sentenced to the upper term of three years, plus one year for the enhancement, for an aggregate term of four years.
On appeal, defendant argues the deadly weapon enhancement only applies to a crime committed against a human being, and that the jury was improperly instructed on adoptive admissions. He also argues the court should have conducted a hearing regarding complaints he made about his attorney after the jury’s verdict.
We affirm.
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