People v. Brady

*1010Following a street side jewelry transaction gone awry, defendant Charles Wesley Brady stabbed his former customer. Based on that incident, a jury convicted him of assault with a deadly weapon (a knife). ( Pen. Code, §§ 245, subd. (a)(1), 1192.7, subd. (c)(23).)1 It also found that, in doing so, he inflicted great bodily injury. ( §§ 1192.7, subd. (c)(8), 12022.7, subd. (a).)

By convicting Brady, the jury necessarily rejected his primary defensive theory-that he was acting in self-defense. On appeal, he asserts that no reasonable jury could reach that conclusion. While his argument ultimately…