P. v. Jones
During a prison disturbance, defendant Steven Jones punched a correctional officer in the face. An information charged defendant with battery on a nonconfined person by a prison inmate and possession of a sharp instrument by an inmate. (Pen. Code, §§ 4501.5, 4502, subd. (a).)[1] A jury found defendant guilty on both counts and the court sentenced him to two consecutive 25-years-to-life terms. On appeal, defendant argues the trial court’s decision to shackle him at trial was made in the absence of manifest necessity, and the court committed instructional error and sentencing error. We shall affirm the judgment.
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