Campbell

People v. Campbell

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25 Cal. App. 4th 402·30 Cal. Rptr. 2d 525·30 Cal. Rptr. 525
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 27, 1994Docket Nos. H011099, H011244California4,091 words

Opinion

Opinion

Wunderlich, J.

I

Statement of the Case

Defendant Carlo Rene Campbell appeals from a judgment entered after a jury convicted him of attempted robbery and attempted murder and also found that he personally used a firearm to commit these offenses. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 211, 664, 12022.5, subd. (a).)

Codefendant Victor Tyrone Smith appeals from a judgment entered after the same jury convicted him of attempted robbery and also found that he was armed at the time of the offense. (§§ 211, 664, 12022, subd. (a)(1).)

On appeal, Campbell contends he was denied effective assistance of counsel in that his attorney failed to raise a meritorious corpus delicti objection to the charge of attempted robbery. He also contends that the court erred in imposing sentences for both the attempted robbery and attempted murder and in ordering him to pay restitution without finding he had an ability to pay.

Smith contends the court erred in instructing the jury on aiding and abetting and claims his conviction for attempted robbery must be reversed because the jury probably relied on the erroneous instructions. He also contends that the court misinstructed the jury on the definition of aiding and abetting.

We…

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