California Court of Appeal

Trial court's conviction of defendant for inflicting corporal injury on the mother of his child in violation of Penal Code section 273.5(a) is affirmed where, although the prosecution's use of Power Point presentation in its closing argument to illustrate the "beyond the reasonable doubt" standard was improper, such misconduct did not prejudice the defendant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/02/2009
• Published 11/02/2009

Judges

• CANTIL-SAKAUYE, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kathleen M. Gilbert, Roseville, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Julie A. Hokans, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Kari L. Ricci, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.