Land

People v. Land

Good Law
1994 Cal. App. LEXIS 1187·30 Cal. App. 4th 220·35 Cal. Rptr. 2d 544·94 Daily Journal DAR 16421·94 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8885
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 21, 1994B080518California3,388 words

Opinion

Opinion

Johnson, J.

Appellant, Jerry Land, was convicted by a jury of numerous criminal offenses committed during a one-night crime spree. He appeals his conviction, contending: (1) insufficient evidence supports the finding he aided and abetted the robbery, assault with a firearm and attempted murder of Gabriel Sandoval; (2) insufficient evidence supports the conviction for receiving stolen property; (3) it was reversible error to admit a document of unknown origin with his name on it found in the stolen vehicle; (4) it was reversible error to fail to instruct sua sponte aiding and abetting liability does not attach where the criminal act is the independent product of one of the perpetrators; (5) it was reversible error to fail to instruct on the effect of his accomplice’s intoxication; (6) it was prejudicial error to instruct the jury could disregard the testimony of a witness who was willfully false when the instruction appeared to be directed at his exculpatory testimony; (7) it was error to punish him for both the robbery and attempted murder of Sandoval; and, (8) the restitution fine was improperly imposed in the absence of a determination of his ability to pay. After a review of the…

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