California Court of Appeal

Defendant's sexual assault sentence is vacated, where the trial court improperly instructed the jury that it might wish to reconsider its inconsistent "not true" finding on certain three-strikes enhancement issues, thus invading the province of the jury.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/18/2009
• Published 08/18/2009

Judges

• DUFFY, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robert Derham, Law Offices of Robert Derham, San Anselmo, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Engler, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Lawrence K. Sullivan and Seth K. Schalit, Supervising Deputy Attys. Gen, San Francisco, for Plaintiff and Respondent.