People v. George

Opinion

TODD, J.

A jury convicted Johnaton Sampson George of one count of possession of a controlled substance in jail. (Pen. Code, 1 § 4573.6.) The trial court sentenced George to the middle term of three years in state prison, with two years stayed, to be served consecutively to an eight-year prison term previously imposed in another case. On appeal, George, subsequently accused of murdering a man in a carjacking during an escape while awaiting trial, contends the trial court erred in ordering him to be shackled during this trial and exacerbated the error by calling further attention to the…