People v. Sheffield
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BROWN (G. A.), P. J.
A jury found appellant, Jerry Walter Sheffield, guilty of three counts of wife beating (Pen. Code, 1 § 273.5), two counts of felony child abuse (§ 273a, subd. (I)), 2 and of possession of a firearm by an ex-felon (§ 12021). On this appeal from the judgment, appellant urges reversal of the felony child abuse counts and the weapon possession count only, grounded upon alleged error in giving and failure to give certain jury instructions.
Facts
In September 1981 appellant moved in with a woman named Marilyn and her two children, Lindsey, age six, and R. D., age two. After…
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