Legal Opinion

People v. Turner

California Court of Appeal, 5th District

Decided July 23, 2019No. C086476PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRobie, J.

*884Mary H. was attacked and robbed at home in the early hours of the morning. A jury found defendants Heaven Leann Turner and Michael Benjamin Rafferty guilty of first degree robbery and found Turner guilty of mayhem as well. Defendants respectively raise several arguments on appeal.

In the published portion of this opinion, we reject Turner's instructional error claims. Turner argues the trial court prejudicially erred in failing to instruct the jury sua sponte that the infliction of great bodily injury is a required element to prove mayhem and that, like the disfigurement theory of mayhem,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. People v. WadeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
  2. People v. FaillaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
  3. People v. HudsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2006
  4. People v. ReedCalifornia Supreme Court · 1952
  5. People v. SantanaCalifornia Supreme Court · 2013

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. Kruckenberg CA3California Court of Appeal · 2020
  2. People v. LyonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2021
  3. People v. Meeker CA1/3California Court of Appeal · 2020
  4. People v. Padilla CA2/2California Court of Appeal · 2020

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