California Court of Appeal

No jury unanimity instruction was required in obtaining a conviction for felony child abuse under Penal Code section 237a(a), though the prosecution proved more unlawful acts than were charged, and the trial court's error in giving a non-unanimity instruction was harmless.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/06/2002
• Published 12/06/2002

Judges

• SIMONS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Michael B. Dashjian, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Solvang, for Defendant and Appellant Rodolfo Puebla Napoles., Patricia N. Cooney, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Berkeley, for Defendant and Appellant Teresa Rodriguez., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Senior Assistant Attorney General, René A. Chacón and Laurence K. Sullivan, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.