California Court of Appeal

Conviction and sentencing of defendant for the misdemeanor assault of his wife and son and felony child abuse are upheld where: 1) legally sufficient evidence support his child abuse conviction; and 2) although the trial court erred by giving a self-defense jury charge only on the assault count and not in connection with the child abuse count, and by failing to instruct on a parental discipline defense with respect to the assault count, such errors were harmless.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/29/2011
• Published 11/29/2011

Judges

• MURRAY

Court

• California Court of Appeal

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