P. v. Escovar CA3
In this consolidated case, the jury found defendant guilty of 29 felonies arising from three different incidents. In the first and third incidents, the police stopped defendant’s vehicle and found drugs and weapons. In the second incident, the major focus at trial, the jury found defendant tied up, tortured or beat, shot at, threatened, and robbed three men who were working for him at a marijuana grow. The trial court sentenced defendant to 98 years four months to life in prison.
On appeal, defendant raises claims of instructional error, prosecutorial misconduct, and ineffective assistance of counsel. He contends the trial court erred in denying his timely motion to discharge counsel and violated Penal Code section 654 by imposing unstayed terms on both the torture and robbery charges. We find no prejudicial error as to these claims.
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