California v. Wise
Annotate this CaseDefendant Gregory Lee Wise texted and called a woman, R.F., hundreds of times for three years after they had gone on two dates despite her continued demands for him to stop. During this period, defendant stored hundreds of pictures of R.F. on his computer taken from the internet and used in a sexual manner. Defendant was arrested after a light rail rider called 911 reporting defendant had a gun in his pocket on the train. Officers found on defendant a map to R.F.’s house and a document titled “Plan Trackering [sic]” that discussed placing a tracking device on a vehicle. Defendant also had a document with R.F.’s license plate number and a description of her vehicle. Police officers later searched defendant’s home and electronic storage devices. R.F.’s name appeared over 2,000 times in one device, along with hundreds of photos of her and other women. Officers also found in defendant’s home several weapons and containers of ammunition. Police later determined defendant had on three separate occasions stolen some of the ammunition found at his house from two sporting goods stores. Defendant was charged with and convicted of stalking, unlawfully manufacturing an assault weapon, nine counts of possession of an assault weapon, felony commercial burglary, felony grand theft of property, and petty theft. On appeal, defendant challenged the admission of certain photographs, and that the trial court improperly failed to provide a lesser included offense jury instruction for the unlawfully manufacturing an assault weapon charge. Finding no reversible error, the Court of Appeal affirmed defendant's convictions.
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