People v. Corning

Opinion

WIENER, J.

Roy Gene Corning appeals the judgment entered on jury verdicts convicting him of the second degree murder of Frank Brooks (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189) 1 and of assault with a deadly weapon on his estranged wife Grace (former § 245, subd. (a)). The jury also found the gun use enhancements on both counts (§ 12022.5) and the great bodily injury enhancement (§ 12022.7) on the aggravated assault 2 count to be true. We reject Coming’s contentions of instructional and sentencing errors and affirm the judgment.

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At trial the prosecutor successfully portrayed Corning as jealous and angry…