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Filed 7/24/13 P. v. Gerrue CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Butte) ----

THE PEOPLE, C071020

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. CM032537)

v.

WARREN ALLEN GERRUE,

Defendant and Appellant.

In an ordeal lasting four days, defendant Warren Allen Gerrue imprisoned and severely beat his girlfriend, M. A jury found defendant guilty of torture, false imprisonment by violence, criminal threats, and corporal injury upon a cohabitant with great bodily injury. The court sentenced him to an indeterminate term of seven years to life plus a determinate term of four years. On appeal, defendant raises nine issues relating to the evidence, instructions, and sentence. Agreeing with one -- the trial court…