The People v. Anzalone CA6

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

An information charged defendant Christina Marie Anzalone with assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(1)),1 making a criminal threat (§ 422), vandalism causing less than $400 in damage (§ 594, subd. (a)/(b)(2)(A)), and brandishing a deadly weapon (§ 417, subd. (a)(1)). The information alleged that defendant personally used a knife in committing the assault (§§ 667, 1192.7) and personally used a knife in making the threat (§ 12022, subd. (b)(1)). A jury acquitted defendant of vandalism, but it otherwise convicted defendant as charged. The trial court sentenced defendant to a term of four years and eight months in prison, as follows: three years for the assault conviction, eight months for the criminal threat conviction, and one year for the

1 Subsequent unspecified statutory references are to the Penal Code. section 12022, subdivision (b)(1) weapon enhancement. The court also sentenced defendant to a concurrent 30-day term for the brandishing conviction. Defendant appealed. She argued that she was denied her right to a unanimous jury verdict, that the trial court erred in admitting her prior aggravated assault conviction for impeachment…