People v. Lee CA6

Filed 2/24/15 P. v. Lee CA6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE, H039678

(Santa Clara County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. C1231283)

v.

TARA NALANI LEE,

Defendant and Appellant.

Defendant Tara Nalani Lee was convicted by jury trial of two counts of forgery (Pen. Code, § 470, subd. (d)).1 On appeal, she argues the trial court erred when it failed to give the jury an instruction on the sufficiency of the circumstantial evidence presented at trial. She also argues the court erred in excluding the testimony of three defense witnesses. Lastly, she claims the court should have stayed one of her convictions under section 654. We conclude that although we agree with defendant that the trial court…