PEOPLE v. LIGONS

No. B212616.

184 Cal.App.4th 808 (2010)

109 Cal.Rptr.3d 307

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CARMELLA LIGONS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Klapach, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Roberta L. Davis and Alene M. Games, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

INTRODUCTION

In the published portion of this opinion, we hold that the trial court prejudicially erred in instructing the jury, in effect, that defendant could be convicted of attempted escape by force or violence under Penal Code section 45321 if it found that she attempted to escape from an officer's custody within the confines...

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