P. v. Candelaria CA4/1
A jury convicted Gerardo Chris Candelaria of one count of aggravated mayhem (Pen. Code, § 205). Candelaria was sentenced to an indeterminate term of seven years to life in prison.
Candelaria appeals contending the trial court erred in refusing to give a special (pinpoint) jury instruction regarding the mental state required for aggravated mayhem (a specific intent crime) as compared to simple mayhem (a general intent crime). We will find the trial court properly refused to give the special instruction since the subject was fully covered by other jury instructions. Even if the court erred, which it did not do, any error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. We will affirm the judgment.
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