People v. Mello
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SCOTLAND, P. J.
A jury convicted defendant Joy Ann Mello of aiding and abetting the robbery and false imprisonment of a gas station attendant, and found that she was armed with a firearm while the offenses were committed. (Pen. Code, §§ 211, 236, 12022, subd. (a).) Defendant admitted having a prior serious felony conviction (Pen. Code, § 667, subd. (a)(1)) and was sentenced to a term in state prison.
On appeal, defendant, an African-American woman, contends the judge who presided over her trial irremediably tainted the proceeding by instructing prospective jurors during voir dire that,…
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