People v. Pena

Opinion

MOLINARI, P. J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment entered following a jury verdict of guilty of violating Penal Code section 4500 (assault with a deadly weapon by life prisoner). He seeks reversal on two grounds: (1) He was denied effective assistance of counsel at the trial, and (2) the trial judge was guilty of prejudicial misconduct. Defendant has also moved for an order for leave to produce additional evidence on, appeal. We reserved ruling on this motion until such time as we were prepared to consider defendant’s, appeal on its merits.

Additional Evidence on Appeal

We consider,…