State v. Salcido

OPINION

BIRDSALL, Chief Judge.

Following a jury trial, appellant was convicted of one count of possession of marijuana for sale, a class 4 felony, and one count of unlawful transportation of marijuana, a class 2 felony. He was sentenced only on the class 2 felony conviction, receiving a term of five years’ probation with 60 days in the Santa Cruz County Jail, and a fine with a surcharge in the total amount of $685.

On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court committed reversible error in (1) refusing to give a corrective instruction to the jury following the prosecutor’s improper comment…