Skenandore

People v. Skenandore

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137 Cal. App. 3d 922·187 Cal. Rptr. 368·1982 Cal. App. LEXIS 2184
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 2, 1982Crim. 19361California972 words

Opinion

Opinion

Neil Warren Skenandore and Pierre Adair Parent appeal after they were each convicted by a jury of two counts of attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 187), three counts of assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)), one count of receiving stolen property (Pen. Code, § 496), and one count of possession of a concealable firearm by an ex-felon (Pen. Code, § 12021). The jury also found true allegations as to each appellant that a principal was armed with a firearm (Pen. Code, § 12022, subd. (a)), and as to Skenandore only that he personally used a firearm (Pen. Code, § 12022.5). Skenandore also admitted the truth of an allegation that he had served a prior felony term (Pen. Code, § 667.5, subd. (b)).

Appellants originally filed a brief identifying no arguable issues, under People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 [ 158 Cal.Rptr. 839 , 600 P.2d 1071 ], which would have required this court to review the entire record to determine whether there were arguable issues ( 25 Cal.3d at p. 441 ). However, they later filed a “supplemental opening brief” which did identify and argue a legitimate issue. Accordingly, we treat this as a standard appeal, not subject to the…

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