P. v. Rea
Defendant Israel Rea appeals from judgment entered following a jury conviction for willfully inflicting corporal injury on a cohabitant, resulting in a traumatic condition. (Pen. Code, 273.5, subd. (a).)[1] The trial court granted defendant three years of formal probation and ordered him to serve 180 days in jail.
Defendant contends the trial court committed instructional error by (1) refusing to give instructions on the definitions of traumatic condition and mutual combat; (2) instructing on flight but refusing to instruct on the absence of flight; and (3) instructing the jury that defendants right to self-defense was restricted if he had engaged in mutual combat or was the initial aggressor. Defendant also argues the prosecutor committed misconduct by incorrectly telling the jury that defendant had the burden of proving he acted in self-defense. Court conclude there was no prejudicial error, either individually or cumulatively, and accordingly affirm the judgment.
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