People v. Odom

An information charged Tiny Odom with assault with intent to commit murder against James Lynn Maxwell. After a trial before a jury, the Kern County Superior Court convicted defendant of the lesser, but necessarily included, offense of assault with a deadly weapon. (Pen. Code, §245.) After denying defendant’s request for probation, the trial court entered judgment and sentenced defendant to state prison for the term prescribed by law (10 years maximum) ,1

*712We hold that the conviction must be reversed because the trial court committed prejudicial error in admitting certain prior, inconsistent,…