California Court of Appeal

Conviction for attempted murder with premeditation and deliberation, as well as attempting to dissuade a witness, is reversed where: 1) the trial court incorrectly instructed the jury on attempted murder; 2) the prosecutor misstated the law on that subject during argument; and 3) the evidence was insufficient to support the attempted murder conviction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/04/2008
• Published 03/04/2008

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Patricia L. Watkins, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, David A. Rhodes and Clayton S. Tanaka, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.