P. v. Brown CA1/1
Defendant Travell Brown was convicted by a jury of one count of robbery, one count of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, and one count of battery with serious bodily injury. On appeal, he contends he was denied his constitutional right of self-representation and asserts the trial court erred by not sua sponte giving a “unanimity” instruction. We conclude defendant’s constitutional right to represent himself was not abridged, reject his argument on unanimity, and affirm the convictions. However, we remand the matter for the limited purpose of allowing the trial court to exercise its discretion on two sentencing enhancements under recently amended Penal Code sections 667, subdivision (a), and 1385.
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