California Court of Appeal

Defendant'conviction for financial abuse of an elder is affirmed over her claims of error regarding: 1) prosecutorial misconduct; 2) violation of her right to counsel; and 3) ineffective assistance of counsel. However, a reimbursement order for public defender fees is reversed for insufficiency of the evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/14/2005
• Published 12/14/2005

Judges

• RUSHING, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Lauretta Marie Oravitz-Komlos under appointment by the Court of Appeal, San Francisco, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gregg E. Zywicke, Deputy Attorney General, Mark S. Howell, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.