Mani

Filed 1/26/22; Opinion on remand

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

THE PEOPLE, C088716

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 18FE006114)

v.

OPINION ON TRANSFER

ASHNEEL MANI,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Kevin R. Culhane, Judge. Affirmed with directions.

Denise M. Rudasill, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Xavier Becerra and Rob Bonta, Attorneys General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Darren K. Indermill, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Kari Ricci Mueller, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

1 On the night of March 29, 2018, defendant broke into the house where his mother and his brother lived. After hearing a loud noise, defendant’s brother opened his bedroom door and saw defendant running up the stairs holding a kitchen knife. Scared, defendant’s brother went back into his room and locked the door, and defendant’s mother…