People v. Joiner CA4/1

Filed 5/15/23 P. v. Joiner CA4/1

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D081169

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCN174120)

WARDELL NELSON JOINER,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, James E. Simmons, Jr., Judge. Affirmed. Wardell Nelson Joiner, in pro. per.; and Siri Shetty, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. In 2005, a jury convicted Wardell Nelson Joiner of first degree murder

(Pen. Code,1 § 187, subd. (a)) and found true a special circumstance that the murder also involved torture (§ 190.2(a)(18)). Joiner was sentenced to life…