People v. Atkins

Filed 1/30/19 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT THE PEOPLE, H044999 (Santa Cruz County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. 17CR01497) v. RANDALL PATRICK ATKINS, Defendant and Appellant. A jury convicted defendant Randall Patrick Atkins of attempting to deter and resisting an executive officer in the performance of his duties under Penal Code section 69 (hereafter section 69).1 Atkins contends on appeal that we must reverse his conviction because the trial court erred in instructing the jury that the People need not prove…