People v. Pierce
Annotate this CaseThe Court of Appeal affirmed defendant's conviction for crimes related to his involvement in an insurance fraud scheme. The court either rejected and/or found any errors, assumed or not, were not prejudicial. In this case, defendant alleged claims that the trial court prejudicially erred when it overruled his demurrer to count 1 of the amended indictment; when it refused to strike reference to Penal Code section 550, subdivision (a)(5) from the conspiracy charge as surplusage; when it denied a motion to compel election of conspiracies at the close of the prosecution's case; in jury instructions given and refused; when it denied a motion for acquittal; when it quashed his subpoenas to the insurance companies and admitted the testimony of two attorneys; and when it denied his motion for recusal. Finally, the court rejected defendant's claims of sentencing errors.
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