People v. Dryden

Filed 2/16/21 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT THE PEOPLE, H043029* (Santa Clara County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. C1367902) v. JAMES DRYDEN, Defendant and Appellant. A jury convicted James Dryden of two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced under the Three Strikes law to 25 years to life, consecutive to 15 years. He contends that the trial court committed prejudicial evidentiary error by admitting two uncharged acts to prove absence of self-defense, and instructional error related to those…