California Court of Appeal

Conviction and sentence for selling cocaine base is affirmed over claims that: 1) by instructing the jury pursuant to CALCRIM No. 220, the trial court violated defendant's due process right to have his guilt determined beyond a reasonable doubt; and 2) the trial court erred in refusing to strike his prior strike conviction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/14/2007
• Published 06/14/2007

Judges

• AARON, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Patricia L. Brisbois, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Mary Jo Graves, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Peter Quon and Pat Zaharopoulos, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.