People v. Zepeda, C054972
Conviction for murder, attempted murder, assaults with a semiautomatic firearm, and other gang-related charges is affirmed over claims that the trial court erred by: 1) instructing the jury with CALCRIM No. 220, an instruction defendant claimed misstated the proof beyond a reasonable doubt standard by not referring to the conviction of proof being deeply "felt"; and 2) admitting unduly prejudicial evidence in the form of two tracks from a gangster rap CD that defendant wrote.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/25/2008
- Published 09/25/2008
Judges
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Mark D. Greenberg, 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, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Carlos A. Martinez and Marcia A. Fay, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.