P. v. Hammack
Defendant Dennis Leeroy Hammack is serving a six-year sentence after a jury convicted him of unlawfully taking or driving a vehicle (Veh. Code, § 10851, subd. (a)). In this appeal, defendant argues: 1) there was insufficient evidence that he had the specific intent to deprive the victim of possession of her car; 2) the trial court erred when it instructed the jury using Judicial Council of California Criminal Jury Instruction CALCRIM No. 376; 3) the prosecutor inappropriately argued that Hammack had an affirmative obligation to prove his innocence and referred to facts not in evidence; and 4) the cumulative effect of the trial court errors requires reversal. As discussed below, we reject these arguments and affirm the conviction.
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