Legal Opinion
People v. Lemus
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 1, 1988No. Docket Nos. D005206, D005766PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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KREMER, P. J.
Defendants Teodoro Lemus and Juan Lemus, Jr., appeal their convictions after a jury found them both guilty of assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code,1 § 245) and Teodoro guilty of false imprisonment (§ 236). Both Teodoro and Juan contend the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury regarding self-defense and in entering convictions of lesser included offenses after the jury had acquitted them of the greater charges. Juan further contends the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict. We conclude Teodoro’s and Juan’s contentions are correct as to the…
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