PEOPLE v. BALESTRA

No. D031953.

90 Cal.Rptr.2d 77 (1999)

76 Cal.App.4th 57

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Desiree Lu BALESTRA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

Review Denied February 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurel Nelson Smith, Rochester, WA, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Janelle M. Boustany and Richard S. Armstrong, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


BENKE, Acting P.J.

By information filed January 15, 1998, the District Attorney of San Diego County accused Desiree Lu Balestra (Balestra) in one count with inflicting willful cruelty on an elder, in violation of Penal Code section 368, subdivision (a);1 in a second count with false imprisonment by violence, in violation of section 237; in a third count with assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, in violation of section...

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