P. v. Bower CA3
After a jury found defendant Timothy David Bower guilty of committing multiple crimes against his girlfriend, including assault with a deadly weapon and corporal injury to a cohabitant, the trial court sentenced him to an aggregate term of 16 years in state prison. On appeal, defendant argues his convictions should be reversed, because (1) the trial court contravened his constitutional and statutory rights by admitting evidence of his prior domestic violence convictions and his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in connection with admission of that evidence; (2) the trial court improperly instructed the jury regarding consideration of a lesser included offense; (3) the prosecution committed misconduct in closing argument by distorting the burden of proof and commenting on defendant’s failure to testify; and, (4) cumulative error. Regarding his sentence, defendant argues (5) there were inaccuracies in, and procedural irregularities in the generation of, a probation officer
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