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PEOPLE v. SIMS

F056256

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RAY DELL SIMS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth Appellate District.

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Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Bacon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Catherine Chatman and George M. Hendrickson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

VARTABEDIAN, Acting P. J.

Defendant Ray Dell Sims was convicted of the 1974 first degree murder of 15-year-old Elizabeth Ortega. He appeals, claiming it was prejudicial error for the trial court to instruct the jury with the standards for evaluating circumstantial evidence of culpable mental states (CALCRIM No. 225) without also instructing the jury concerning the evaluation of circumstantial evidence in general (CALCRIM No. 224). In addition, he...

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