People v. Best

Filed 05/29/20 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FOUR THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, A155459 v. WAKEEN BEST, (City & County of San Francisco Super. Ct. No. SCN228739) Defendant and Appellant. Defendant Wakeen Best appeals a judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding her guilty of animal abuse, burglary, and vandalism.1 She contends the trial court erred in denying her Faretta motion to represent herself at trial (Faretta v. California (1975) 422 U.S. 806) and in failing to instruct the jury on unanimity. We…