California Court of Appeal

Conviction of grand theft of personal property with special finding of one prior serious or violent felony conviction under the "Three Strikes" law, is affirmed over claims that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction for grand theft, the prosecutor impermissibly commented during closing argument on his decision not to testify, and his counsel's failure to object to the prosecutor's improper argument constituted ineffective assistance of counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/14/2006
• Published 11/14/2006

Judges

• PERLUSS, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jennifer L. Peabody, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Robert F. Katz and Lauren E. Dana, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.