Legal Opinion
People v. Witcraft
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 6, 2011No. H036159PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RUSHING, P. J.
I. Statement of the Case
Defendant David Lynn Witcraft pleaded no contest to causing a false or fraudulent insurance claim to be filed. (Pen. Code, § 550, subd. (a)(1).)1 On appeal from the judgment, he claims defense counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to renew a motion to dismiss the charge.2
Defendant also filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which he raises the same claim. We ordered that the petition be considered with the appeal, and we shall resolve both the appeal and petition in this decision.
We affirm the judgment on appeal. However, we…
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