People v. Shoals

Opinion

PREMO, J.

James Irving Shoals appeals from judgment after a jury convicted him of two narcotics offenses. He admitted three prior felony convictions and the court found a fourth true. The court imposed a 12-year state prison sentence. Appellant raises numerous points including prosecutorial misconduct, sufficiency of the evidence, sufficiency of the jury instructions, and erroneous denial of his Marsden 1 motion and new trial motions. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Appellant also petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus based on ineffective assistance of trial counsel for…