People v. Enriquez

Opinion

WRIGHT, J. *

Salvador Ray Enriquez appeals from a judgment after convictions by jury of assault with a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)) and voluntary manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. I). 1

Defendant contends as to the assault conviction that the trial court erred in receiving evidence of a prior conviction of a witness of assaulting the same victim in the same encounter, and in its failure to give particular instructions on self-defense. He also contends that the indeterminate sentence provided for a violation of section 245, subdivision (a), is unconstitutional. We…