P. v. McFadden
A jury convicted defendant, Emanuel McFadden, of inflicting corporal injury on a cohabitant (Pen. Code, § section 273.5, subd. (a)).[1] In bifurcated proceedings, the trial court found true allegations that defendant had suffered two strike priors (§ 667, subds. (b)-(i)) and six prior convictions for which he served prison terms (§ 667.5, subd. (b)). He was sentenced to prison for 25 years to life plus four years and appeals, claiming the trial court should have granted his requests for substitution of counsel, evidence of prior acts of domestic violence should have been excluded and his request to dismiss one or both of his strike priors should have been granted. We reject his contentions and affirm, while directing the trial court to correct an error in the abstract of judgment.
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