P. v. Giger CA3
A jury found defendant Jess Albert James Giger, Jr., guilty of two counts of assault. On appeal, defendant contends the trial court erred in denying his request to impeach the victim with the victim’s conviction for violating Fish and Game Code section 3004. He also contends the trial court erred in imposing consecutive terms without stating reasons and that, if his counsel failed to object to the trial court’s decision without stating its reasons, he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Because (1) Fish and Game Code section 3004 is not a conviction evidencing moral turpitude, (2) defendant has forfeited his claim that the trial court erred by not stating its reasons expressly for imposing consecutive sentences, and (3) defendant did not receive ineffective assistance of counsel because he has not shown prejudice from his attorney’s failure to object to the lack of an express statement of reasons by the trial court for its sentence, we affirm the judgment.
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