People v. Lee

Appellant, Ondrea M. Lee, appeals from a judgment of conviction of criminal offenses. She contends there was insufficient evidence to support the finding she was competent during the preliminary examination and therefore testimony from that hearing should not have been introduced at trial. She further argues counsel was ineffective for failing to declare a doubt as to her competence at the preliminary hearing. She also contends there was insufficient evidence to support the convictions for attempted murder and arson of an inhabited structure. Finally, appellant contends she was entitled to additional presentence credits and the trial court should have stayed the sentence imposed on the arson conviction under Penal Code section 654. We affirm.

Facts and Proceedings Below

At the time of the offenses in this case appellant was homeless and lived on the streets near her aunt’s house in the City of Inglewood. Appellant often went to her aunt’s house to have meals, take showers and wash her clothes.

In the morning of May 3, 1991, appellant and her aunt had a quarrel. Appellant was expecting a package and wanted to use her aunt’s house as the mailing address. Apparently, her…