P. v. Helms
After a hung jury in the first trial, a second jury convicted defendant Jeremiah Paul Helms of child abuse causing death and second degree murder. The court sentenced him to 25 years to life in state prison. Defendant appeals, asserting claims of insufficiency of the evidence, erroneous denial of his mistrial motion, prosecutorial misconduct, and failure to award presentencing credits. He also argues the abstract should be amended to reflect he was convicted of second degree, not first degree, murder. The Attorney General agrees with this last contention, as do we. As amended, the judgment is affirmed.
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