P. v. Croutch
Defendant and appellant Montroutch Croutch (defendant) appeals from his criminal threat and attempted criminal threat convictions. Defendant contends that the trial court erred in failing to suspend the proceedings to determine his competence to stand trial. He also assigns three instructional errors: instructing the jury with CALCRIM No. 358; failing to instruct the jury regarding one of the elements of attempted criminal threat; and in failing to give a jury instruction regarding voluntary intoxication. Defendant further contends that his conviction of attempted criminal threat was unsupported by substantial evidence; that the trial court erred in refusing to appoint new counsel; that reversal is required due to the cumulative effect of the enumerated errors; and defendant requests a review of the in camera Pitchess proceeding.[1] We find no merit to defendant’s assignments of error and no cumulative effect requiring reversal. Our review of the in camera proceedings reveals no abuse of discretion. We thus affirm the judgment.
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