P. v. Helm
Appellant Michael Carl Helm was charged with criminal threats (Pen. Code, § 422); attempt to burn (Pen. Code, § 455); misdemeanor resisting, obstructing, or delaying a peace officer (Pen. Code, § 148, subd. (a)(1)); and misdemeanor illegal conduct at a burning building (Pen. Code, § 148.2).
A jury found appellant not guilty of criminal threats, but guilty of attempted criminal threats, a lesser included offense of criminal threats. He was convicted on all other counts. The trial court sentenced appellant to the low term of 16 months on the attempted burning count and concurrent terms on the remaining counts.
Appellant appeals only from the conviction for attempted criminal threats. He contends that the jury instructions were inadequate, that there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction, and that he was improperly punished twice for the same act.
Finding no reversible error, we affirm.
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