Jackio

People v. Jackio

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186 Cal. Rptr. 3d 662·2015 Cal. App. LEXIS 365·236 Cal. App. 4th 445
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 30, 2015C074019California3,762 words

Opinion

Opinion

Nicholson, J.

Convicted of attempted murder and other crimes associated with a home invasion and sentenced to both determinate and indeterminate terms in state prison, defendant Lawrence Jackio contends on appeal that his waiver of his right to counsel, under which he represented himself at trial, was inconsistent with his Sixth Amendment rights because the trial court did not outline the possible terms of imprisonment for the various crimes and enhancements charged against him. Instead, the trial court simply advised defendant that he risked life in prison if he was convicted.

In the published part of this opinion, we conclude that, under the circumstances, the trial court’s advisement adequately warned defendant of the risks of self-representation.

In the unpublished part of this opinion, we find no merit in defendant’s remaining contentions. We therefore affirm the judgment but remand to the trial court to correct a clerical error in the abstract of judgment.

FACTS

We recount the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdicts. For example, even though neither of the victims was able to identify defendant as one of the assailants, we refer to him by name from the…

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