People v. Gates CA4/1

Filed 1/31/25 P. v. Gates CA4/1

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D083151

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCD274056)

WILLIAM CHARLES GATES,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Melinda J. Lasater, Judge. Affirmed.

Aurora Elizabeth Bewicke, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland, Assistant Attorney General, Melissa Mandel, and Joseph C. Anagnos, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. Following a bench trial, William Charles Gates was convicted of assault

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