PEOPLE v. WATSON

No. A098183.

7 Cal.Rptr.3d 295 (2003)

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Louis Ray WATSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

Review Denied March 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renee E. Torres, J. Bradley O'Connel, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Eric D. Share, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Ashley Ott, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

POLLAK, J.

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